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Comment by xp84

17 hours ago

Trying to be as least cynical as possible, imagine if you were a party with 3 or more people, and you really wanted a nice pic like that to commemorate the night, but never got to take one all together because someone left early, and you were in the bathroom when they announced their departure.

Yes, it's a major first-world problem to not get a photo, but to the right person, it could mean a lot to them to "fix" the photo they took with A and B to add C to their 'rightful place.'

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pibaker  9 hours ago

What's the point of having a photo like that?

Is spending time with your friends not enough in 2026? Do we must provide photographic evidence of all the fun you have been having or it did not happen?

  • ryanjshaw  4 hours ago

    You’re mistaking your preferences for the majority’s preferences. Huge chunk of humanity now chooses to experience in-person events recording it through their phones.

    • keiferski  2 hours ago

      Big difference between being at an event and recording it via your phone, and using ChatGPT to make an AI image of it. Images are not all the same.

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  • madaxe_again  8 hours ago

    Did you miss the last 15 years of social media?

    So many people I just stopped spending time with altogether as instead of being present they’d be posing for their 90th instagram shot by 10am - and then of course they want you to pose, too.

    So no. Spending time with your friends is not enough in 2026. I’m not even convinced people have friends now - just colleagues and mutual parasites.

    • 72deluxe  4 hours ago

      I think it depends on who your friends are, and/or culture.

      I was in France the other month and walking down to the river in Saumur, I noticed an area serving drinks (out of an old converted bus) with lights and suchlike (opposite the castle on the hill), with a small acoustic band. Nobody (and I mean nobody) had their phone out. The couple of hours I spent there, nobody was observable taking selfies. The age range was from young to old.

      I was shocked. It was very different from the UK. Refreshingly so.

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bryceacc  15 hours ago

and then as you look back at that wonderful night you "remember" with all your friends, you will reinforce a false picture and reality strays further

keiferski  6 hours ago

This is such a contrived imaginary situation that is pretty divorced from reality. No one wants a fake AI photo to commemorate a real event.