Samsung, Please Spare Me Gemini’s Photography Tips
You see, I’m not a professional photographer, but I am a Gen Zer. I can take good photos. But soon my skills may not be enough for Samsung The new Galaxy S25 serieswhich comes with new photo assistance tools powered by Gemini Live AI.
announced on Wednesday at Samsung Unboxing eventthis new feature comes from Google Gemini, and its main purpose is to be a personal artificial intelligence companion. Sissie Hsiao, Google’s vice president of Gemini experience, demonstrated the new multi-mode capabilities and showed how S25 users can discuss YouTube videos or photos from their camera roll with Gemini.
One of the things Hsiao showed was how to use artificial intelligence as a kind of virtual photo assistant, asking questions about how to improve photos through editing.
You know how your friend is, every time you show them a picture, he’s like, “Yeah, that’s nice, but it would be better if you did this”? This is how Gemini Live photo assistance feels to me.
There were a number of other noteworthy announcements made during the keynote, including all new hardware upgrades in the cameras and new video and photo editing tools in the latest series. galaxy smartphone. But this AI photo assist stands out to me because it feels…weird. Maybe useless? A bit condescending indeed. If I’ve already taken the photo, why do I need an AI opinion afterwards?
The basic premise that artificial intelligence knows better than I do what pictures I want is flawed. I may be an amateur photographer, but I know what I want. Samsung and Google claim Gemini Live can help you become a better photographer, and they’re right, as AI can interpret more complex editing terms. But frankly, I don’t trust AI’s judgment of what good art is any more than any human’s. More importantly, I wanted to learn how to become a better photographer from other people, friends and experts, and good old fashioned trial and error.
Samsung and Google also assume that we want to use more artificial intelligence in our phones and photography, but I don’t think that’s necessarily true. From a smartphone perspective, CNET Investigates found that only 18% of people are upgrading to get new AI features. Artificial intelligence has been making its way into the world of photo and video editing for some time. But whether it’s generative AI in editing software or direct creation using AI image generators, AI is definitely one of them. most controversial topic in the industry.
For Samsung, the question is how helpful Photo Assist really is. But judging from the quick demo we saw at the keynote, Gemini’s advice to photographers is, “Try shooting on a sunny day. If you can’t wait for better weather, try editing the photo later,” I’m I’m not holding my breath.
