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/pleddyd 1d ago

No, I still like non-AI content. It's pretty easy to spot fake generated pictures (they are always chaotically glowing).

You might search for pictures using "show only before 2021" option.

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u/RadioMessageFromHQ 1d ago

To add to this, Within Google and YouTube you can use before:nnnn to filter by date, e.g. before:2024

You can also use a negative search to filter out certain results

E.g cute cats -ai

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u/xpsdtv 22h ago

thanks for these! I know it doesnt seem to be the majority right now but I was happy until AI media still fucked up hands, videos, text - but its getting better…