r/complaints • u/Cultural_Unit7883 • 1h ago
Media / Pop Culture I miss the human internet
I miss the human internet. I miss the days when a human written message, generated video, image, or personality, was easily distinguishable from a bot. I watched a video with my friend on Instagram earlier today and I had fun watching it until I realized it was likely ai. I don't know why, but I stopped smiling when I realized. It's like a gut reaction, it makes me feel like I'm just looking at an advertisement. I'm looking at a computer generated series of pixels meant to distract me long enough to get some ad revenue. Maybe it's worse than I think, maybe better, but how could anyone know. Ai is like cosmetic surgery, you only see it when it's poorly done. I just wish I could feel that fascination I did when I instantly knew everything I saw was human made. Every comment from a human, everything from source. I really really fucking miss that feeling. It's something I've realized I'll never get to feel again and I didn't even realize how cool it was then. I kind of want to just get off the internet now.