Photographer Wins AI Image Contest with Real Picture,
Then Gets Disqualified

by Alex Greenberger

A photographer submitted a real photograph to a contest for AI-generated pictures, and won the competition, as the judges believed it to be digitally made. Upon learning that the photographer, Miles Astray, had not used AI to produce the piece, he was disqualified.

Astray’s winning picture, a photograph of a flamingo whose head appears to be bent into its body, took first place in the AI category of the People’s Vote Award at the 1839 Photography Awards.

Astray still treated the debacle as a victory, writing, “I hope that winning over both the jury and the public with this picture, was not just a win for me but for many creatives out there”.

(https://www.artnews.com/. Acesso em 25.08.2024. Adaptado)

Global literacy today

Of the world population older than 15 years, the majority are literate, that is to say, can read and write.

This map shows how literacy rates vary around the world. In many countries, more than 95% have basic literacy skills. Literacy skills of the majority of the population are a modern achievement. Globally, however, large inequalities continue. In some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, less than 1-in-3 adults (aged over 15 years) are able to both read and write.

Historical change in literacy

While the earliest forms of written communication date back to about 3,500–3,000 before the Christian era, for centuries literacy remained a very restricted technology closely associated with the exercise of power. It was only during the Middle Ages that book production started growing, and literacy among the general population slowly started becoming important in the Western World. However, it took centuries for universal literacy to happen. It was only in the 19th and 20th centuries that rates of literacy approached universality in early-industrialized countries.

(Max Roser e Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, 03.2023. https://ourworldindata.org/ literacy. Acesso em 14.09.2024. Adaptado.)

Global literacy today

Of the world population older than 15 years, the majority are literate, that is to say, can read and write.

This map shows how literacy rates vary around the world. In many countries, more than 95% have basic literacy skills. Literacy skills of the majority of the population are a modern achievement. Globally, however, large inequalities continue. In some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, less than 1-in-3 adults (aged over 15 years) are able to both read and write.

Historical change in literacy

While the earliest forms of written communication date back to about 3,500–3,000 before the Christian era, for centuries literacy remained a very restricted technology closely associated with the exercise of power. It was only during the Middle Ages that book production started growing, and literacy among the general population slowly started becoming important in the Western World. However, it took centuries for universal literacy to happen. It was only in the 19th and 20th centuries that rates of literacy approached universality in early-industrialized countries.

(Max Roser e Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, 03.2023. https://ourworldindata.org/
literacy. Acesso em 14.09.2024. Adaptado.)

Adolescent Health

Young people are a large age group, comprising approximately 30% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean. Adolescents are generally considered to be a “healthy” segment of the population, and their health needs are often ignored. However, investing in health and education for young people and adjusting economic policies enable productivity and economic growth.

In addition, investment in young people’s health is essential to protect investments made in childhood (e.g. significant investments in vaccines and food programs) and secures the health of the future adult population. Mosthabits harmful to health are acquired during adolescence and youth and manifest themselves as health problems in adulthood (e.g. lung cancer caused by the consumption of tobacco), adding an avoidable financial load to the health systems.

(www.paho.org/en/. Acesso em 14.08.2024. Adaptado)

Adolescent Health

Young people are a large age group, comprising approximately 30% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean. Adolescents are generally considered to be a “healthy” segment of the population, and their health needs are often ignored. However, investing in health and education for young people and adjusting economic policies enable productivity and economic growth.

In addition, investment in young people’s health is essential to protect investments made in childhood (e.g. significant investments in vaccines and food programs) and secures the health of the future adult population. Mosthabits harmful to health are acquired during adolescence and youth and manifest themselves as health problems in adulthood (e.g. lung cancer caused by the consumption of tobacco), adding an avoidable financial load to the health systems.

(www.paho.org/en/. Acesso em 14.08.2024. Adaptado)