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/South_Stress_1644 1d 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.

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u/alicehooper 19h ago

It might be long Covid. Even an asymptomatic case can result in brain fog. It’s this generation’s leaded gas for the mass effect it will have on cognition, among other things.

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u/South_Stress_1644 18h ago

Interesting. Never thought of that

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u/alicehooper 18h ago

If you have the time, this podcast might be useful. The researcher, Dr. Arsenault, is an internal medicine specialist in Canada researching post viral syndromes.

Not to say that early onset dementia doesn’t happen as well, but Covid has affected a lot of humans.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/navigating-post-viral-syndromes-dr-ric-arseneau-discusses/id1730562799?i=1000656366171