Why comparing AI image editing to Photoshop downplays the risks
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We’ve been covering the rise of AI image editing very closely here on Decoder and at The Verge overall for several years now — the ability to create photorealistic images with nothing more than a chatbot prompt has the potential to completely reset our cultural relationship with photography and, in particular, how much we instinctively trust photos to reflect the truth.
But the debate over image editing and the inherent truth of photos is nothing new, of course. It’s existed for as long as photography has existed, and it’s raged since digital photo editing tools have become widely available. You know this argument; you’ve heard it a million times. It’s when people say, “It’s just like Photoshop,” with “Photoshop” standing in for the...