Hacker News with Generative AI: Reality

With 'AI slop' distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster (theguardian.com)
There are two parallel image channels that dominate our daily visual consumption. In one, there are real pictures and footage of the world as it is: politics, sport, news and entertainment. In the other is AI slop, low-quality content with minimal human input.
Artificial Intelligence, Reality, Media, Journalism
7 points by Vox_Leone 5 days ago | 2 comments
The reality of working in tech: We're not hired to write code (2023) (idiallo.com)
"So, is everyone losing their minds yet?"
Software Development, Tech Industry, Employment, Reality
123 points by foxfired 23 days ago | 132 comments
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 126 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 211 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 233 days ago | 20 comments
Chatbots Are Primed to Warp Reality (theatlantic.com)
Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence, Reality, Technology
27 points by peutetre 237 days ago | 25 comments
Metaphysical experiments probe our hidden assumptions about reality (quantamagazine.org)
Metaphysics, Science, Reality, Experiments
71 points by Gooblebrai 269 days ago | 53 comments
How Perfectly Can Reality Be Simulated? (newyorker.com)
Simulation, Reality, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence
57 points by pseudolus 373 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 376 days ago | 226 comments