Hacker News with Generative AI: Reality

AI 'Street Photography' Isn't Photography: What We Lose by Simulating Experience (simone.org)
When we pretend AI generation is street photography, we're not just misusing terms—we're surrendering authentic engagement with reality.

Artificial Intelligence, Photography, Art, Ethics, Reality

41 points by smnrg 28 days ago | 38 comments

Everything we know about spies is wrong (lithub.com)
In the movies, spies are usually ripped hunks who carry lots of gadgets, like James Bond and Jason Bourne. That’s rarely the case in real life, however. When the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, was established in haste at the outset of WWII, the spies tapped to join were librarians, professors, and researchers quite literally pulled from college campuses.

History, Intelligence, Espionage, Media, Reality

129 points by bookofjoe 113 days ago | 117 comments

We need to check the gen AI hype and get back to reality (venturebeat.com)

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Reality, Hype

12 points by mpweiher 135 days ago | 20 comments

Chatbots Are Primed to Warp Reality (theatlantic.com)

Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence, Reality, Technology

27 points by peutetre 139 days ago | 25 comments

Metaphysical experiments probe our hidden assumptions about reality (quantamagazine.org)

Metaphysics, Science, Reality, Experiments

71 points by Gooblebrai 171 days ago | 53 comments

How Perfectly Can Reality Be Simulated? (newyorker.com)

Simulation, Reality, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence

57 points by pseudolus 275 days ago | 59 comments

Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life? (ycombinator.com)

Movies, Perception, Life, Reality

120 points by metadat 278 days ago | 226 comments