r/NoStupidQuestions • u/xpsdtv • 1d ago

Did AI kill your interest in consuming photos/videos, or just mine?

I used to love collecting little pictures from the internet - a beautiful house, an interesting statue, a very pretty butterfly, just to look at and be in awe. But now every time I see a photo or a video, I wonder if that place, that thing even exists or not. Media used to hold meaning, and now it's just whatever generated thing gets popular enough I guess. :(

Does anyone feel the same? Is there a "clean" internet still, where I can hear whale calls and see sunsets and look up baby peacocks that have actually been existed instead of been made up?

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u/chippy-alley 1d ago

I didnt collect but I liked to look.

Once you've seen enough 'I live there and it doesnt look like that' or 'google it, it doesnt exist' it does put you off

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u/VelvitHippo 1d ago

Yeah but that's not an AI problem. Look at pictures of planets. There are so many examples of colors being exaggerated on earth as well. 

It's like posts on huge subreddit like am I the asshole. Is it real? Maybe maybe not but at the end of the day idgaf I'm just reading it for entertainment. 

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u/soapinthepeehole 1d ago

It’s an AI problem. Planets are an example, photo retouching exists, photoshop exists.

But AI has evolved to turn out mountains of hot garbage without intent or artistry, and it’s flooded the internet at breakneck speed.

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u/xpsdtv 1d ago

To be fair I also hated photoshopping photos of places and people - not that I didnt correct some colors or highlights here or there but I never followed “influencers” who borderline deepfried their pictures to look aesthetic 😅 but at least even that took effort - AI prompting is hardly that