The case for AI Photos
A Q from Quora asks,
What motivates people to create and share convincingly fake images?
In the blogging world, we’re seeing a big move away from stock images.
It’s not that stock photos aren't useful. It’s that they aren’t customizable.
That’s not a negative, it's built in to the whole reason why you use stock photos.
When a reader sees the same stock photo on three different websites, it feels weird.
It gives them the feeling they’ve already read the post, even if they haven't.
It makes the content feel less original.
This is where fake images come in.
AI-generated imagery has become incredibly good.
Whether it’s abstract art, simple illustrations, or realistic-looking photos, you can create something that literally doesn’t exist anywhere else online.
Because AI (specifically LLMs and diffusion models) relies on math, there is a statistical chance for a different output every time.
In brief, the motivation is simple: Fake images are unique, easy to generate, and hard for anyone else to copy.
For both creators and readers, that's a win-win.
Provided the images aren't used to mislead people.
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