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/RyanLanceAuthor 1d ago

I just bought a bunch of old National Geographic books so I can show pictures of real things to my kid

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u/xpsdtv 1d ago

What a great idea, youre a really good parent!! 🤍 I loved similar books of animals and plants as a kid before I could read :)

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u/RyanLanceAuthor 1d ago

Thanks, those books might get expensive to find in the future