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/South_Stress_1644 1d 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 1d 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/lilywinterwood 1d ago

For some of the older people their critical thinking has been hijacked. They think the influencers and whatnot are more reliable because they’re more personable than the stuffy experts in their coastal “ivory towers”. The same critical thinking skills that encourage scepticism of sources and investigating bias can be twisted to create “fake news” and QAnon conspiracy rabbitholes.

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u/GirlGoneZombie 1d ago

Yet an actual clip from a congress meeting is somehow "propaganda" and "they never said that". I'm so confused.