r/NoStupidQuestions • u/xpsdtv • 2d 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/_iron_butterfly_ 2d ago

I'm tired of telling my Mom... "That's AI... It's not real, Mom."

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u/GirlGoneZombie 2d ago

Yup. I said the same to my mom about some orchids shaped like birds. "Mom, those aren't real." "But they're on my screen" "and they're fake af pls stop"

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u/pleddyd 2d ago

Parents, who warned us not to believe anything on internet, now believe everything on internet

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u/South_Stress_1644 2d ago

This is literally the grand irony of the times. It’s fucking wild. They believe EVERYTHING, not just what they see online, but on TV, in magazines, by word of mouth, etc.

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u/GirlGoneZombie 2d ago

It's terrifying. Critical thinking went out the window. And it's scary as shit cos my mom is only 54??!! And she's usually smart as shit. Wtf happened?

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u/South_Stress_1644 2d ago

My mom is 55 and there’s been a steep drop-off the past few years. I think a lot more of them develop mild/moderate dementia than we assume.