>>3679312>will smartphones largely replace cameras?NEVER. The form factor alone prohibits this immensely. The average sensor on even the best phones is like 4mm + everything you do with it is basically a simulation and computerized estimation.
>most brands die out and survive by partnerships with smartphone developers?The market will continue to shrink and live of enthusiasts and professionals.
>photography as a medium of storytelling dies out?NEVER. Photography is literally everywhere around you at all times. Commercial and artistic, both online and IRL. It's essential to modern human society and will continue to be way beyond our lifetime.
Some people ITT are really retarded. Yes, AI will be humanity's downfall and (along with enabling all 'governments' to become full authoritarian and totalitarian) completely erode all arts. Not because it can do it better, but because it will create a society where arts are not useful anymore.
