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Not a boomer but I follow a thirst trap guy on youtube who I was always sure was AI (like fully artificial, not based on a real person), but then he posted a really messy video (like imperfect skin, not fully shredded, awful lighting, messy room that didn't look glamorous) and now I'm no longer sure, like there's a chance it's a real guy recording himself then asking AI to make him look flawless. Which means I may have been thirsting over a human all this time, ugh.
The point is I knew AI could improve real videos or generate realistic videos from scratch, but I assumed it was still easy to tell one from the other. Well, turns out either AI is now able to generate messy videos from scratch (that truly look low quality/effort) or it's able to make real videos look like they were made from scratch. So I genuinely don't trust myself to distinguish what's AI anymore. And I'm around 30, so I don't even have the age excuse.
So thirsting over AI is your preference? Eww
I already read the response to this but to come back.
Does it matter if the object of desire is “real”
People have performed fantasy for ages, this does not need to be about sex. Just because you know superheroes aren’t real doesn’t mean you cant enjoy the movie or low and behold have a wet dream of superman flying holding you in his arms.
People have been thirsting over lara crofts 3d boobs, i am not even gonna get started on japan.
Just that it was entirely expected and probably can be considered normal behaviour for (some) primates including humans to be mesmerised by a digital dream.
If it doesn't matter to you, then it doesn't matter.
Lo* and behold. The phrase is "lo and behold" lol
Imagination is good. Using your imagination is good. That isn't what we're talking about here. What we're talking about is AI-generated porn, essentially.
Once I'm aware that something is AI-generated, it becomes gross and weird. That's how I feel, but I acknowledge that you might not feel that way.
Was not expecting random racism.
I think we might have a miscommunication here, I don’t think i am disrespectful to anyone here.
lol no I was joking, but I did subscribe to this guy specifically because I was curious about the concept, like I read the comments and I can't tell if people are role playing or they actually think it's a real guy (and as I said, it might actually be and I was the actual fool).