it bothers me the way people will say “must be AI generated” to mean “dishonest, scammy” in a way that humans have been doing as long as media has existed. The AI bros didn’t invent “lying” and there will still be people lying to you once we get the AI mess sorted
@0xabad1dea What really gets to me is that people seem to have forgotten that Photoshop still exist.
And really, everyone going "must be photoshopped" back in the day is really just an example of the same sort of thing in action. Photoshop didn't invent photo manipulation, it's amazing what you can do with projections, double exposure, cut&paste, darkroom antics and/or a few well-chosen airbrush strokes.
@Owlor I don’t feel as strongly about that because to me “photoshop” is a word that means “(for a person to) manipulate an image”; whether it’s with a software brush or a physical one is usually besides the point. But “must be AI generated!”, said of something that clearly wasn’t, is specifically denying human agency and intention towards the result, which is bad when it’s a lovingly crafted piece of art but imo also bad when it’s a malicious scam!