关于AIGC图像生成技术对摄影艺术伦理问题的研究

A Study on the Ethical Issues of Photographic Art Concerning AIGC Image Generation Technology

摘要: 本文首先梳理AIGC图像生成工具的技术定义和生态优势，以获得对AIGC图像生成领域特性的理解。依据这种理解，区分AIGC图像生成技术对摄影艺术伦理的三类挑战性问题——艺术与非艺术问题、虚假和真实问题和可控性问题。通过问题分析发现，以AIGC图像生成技术的摄影艺术伦理研究作为一个整体，不是传统的摄影艺术伦理研究问题，而是由AIGC驱动的摄影艺术向何处去的问题。针对这一新型问题，本文提出“主观内在真实性的体现”，主张明确增进创作主观真实性为AI图像的内在伦理追求。本文表明，为了有效应对三类挑战性问题，需要从AIGC图像生成技术的特性和以AI图像创作的底层逻辑出发，尝试厘清AI图像在现实与虚拟之间的边界。

Abstract: This paper first reviews the technical definition and ecological advantages of AIGC image generation tools to gain an understanding of the characteristics of the AIGC image generation domain. Based on this understanding, it distinguishes three categories of challenging issues that AIGC image generation technology poses to the ethics of photographic art—issues of art versus non-art, falsehood versus truth, and controllability. Through problem analysis, it is found that the study of photographic art ethics in the context of AIGC image generation technology, taken as a whole, is not a conventional issue of photographic art ethics, but rather a question of where photographic art should head under the impetus of AIGC. In response to this new type of problem, this paper proposes the notion of “embodiment of subjective intrinsic authenticity,” advocating for a clear enhancement of creative subjective authenticity as the intrinsic ethical pursuit of AI images. It argues that, to effectively address the three categories of challenges, it is necessary to start from the characteristics of AIGC image generation technology and the underlying logic of AI image creation, and to attempt to clarify the boundary between reality and the virtual in AI imagery.