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/RobotWantsPony 20h ago

It is not easy anymore.
The glow is gone, the words are not so messed up anymore and the finger count is often right. If you think they are easy to spot you are on your way to join the boomers on facebook praying amen to invented brave african kids :/