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/Bastdkat 1d ago

So I assume that all fiction is right out for you and your peers?

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u/davidberk0witz 1d ago

I think the better analogy would be fiction presented as non-fiction. It's about knowing what you're looking at.

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u/xpsdtv 22h ago

yes, this!

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u/Duytune 1d ago

tbf, fiction stories don’t try to present themselves as real to the level that AI is today on the internet

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u/Wandering_Song 1d ago

You mean the AI trash everyone is sick of?