This is a case where there wasn't enough time to really workshop something original and there wasn't really budget assigned, either. We wouldn't have used an image like this for a piece where Deniz or someone else could have shot the image instead - definitely not looking to use AI to replace human creations. A lot of our editorial contributors don't also provide photos, so we have to either expand the budget in those cases or improvise.
Sports Illustrated was recently busted for representing AI-generated articles as genuine. They had even invented several names and pseudo identities that were not real people. That makes me sad on many levels. SI hasn't been anything like its proud predecessor for years - it has been kicked around between soulless media corporations almost as often as bike mag - but that was a new low. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that's something we'll all have to be more and more vigilant about. I'm sure someone will go out and take a stab at product reviews of serious products like cars or bikes via AI at some point (it's been happening for clothes and electronics and other things for years on amazon and elsewhere).
March 22, 2024, 2:54 p.m. - Pete Roggeman
This is a case where there wasn't enough time to really workshop something original and there wasn't really budget assigned, either. We wouldn't have used an image like this for a piece where Deniz or someone else could have shot the image instead - definitely not looking to use AI to replace human creations. A lot of our editorial contributors don't also provide photos, so we have to either expand the budget in those cases or improvise. Sports Illustrated was recently busted for representing AI-generated articles as genuine. They had even invented several names and pseudo identities that were not real people. That makes me sad on many levels. SI hasn't been anything like its proud predecessor for years - it has been kicked around between soulless media corporations almost as often as bike mag - but that was a new low. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that's something we'll all have to be more and more vigilant about. I'm sure someone will go out and take a stab at product reviews of serious products like cars or bikes via AI at some point (it's been happening for clothes and electronics and other things for years on amazon and elsewhere).