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Is this sarcasm?

We're still talking about Photoshopped pics on the internet, for all intents and purposes.

Not at all. AI generated images are— for all intents and purposes— are real images as viewed from the average viewer. There is no distinguishable feature here that is different from "revenge Porn", where revengeporn is a blanket term for an individual distributing non-consensual images whereby average viewers would assume the individual of the attack is the individual in the content.

The argument that it's just "photoshopping" is so outdated— and blatantly ignores the advancements in AI and deepfake technologies— that it frames your argument in a such a bad-faith position that it isn't worth engaging with you. Modern AI can generate highly convincing and realistic content, making it distinct from traditional image editing.

I've seen plenty of photoshopped pictures that look just as realistic as a real photo. There's also the possibility to make realistic images in Blender and Unreal Engine, among other 3d programs. It's just trendy to hate on AI things these days, even when they do the same things that have been possible without AI for decades. Stop with the pseudoscience rationalizations on why AI is worse.

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