It feels like machine learning is replacing a lot of need to manually manage data.
Programs like DigiKam would need to interoperate with machine learning models to stay relevant.
Programs like DigiKam would need to interoperate with machine learning models to stay relevant.
It can automatically figure out that certain groups of photos constitute a particular trip to a particular destination. It can group by objects. All photographs of food. All photos of pets. Etc.
You used to have to meticulously manage photographs yourself, into albums or folders. Carefully manage the metadata and tags. But it feels liberating that you don't need to anymore.
Being able to do this offline would be important, for those who don't want to use the cloud. That is where DigiKam could come in.
Maybe NextCloud/OwnCloud will add these kind features.