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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

AI. There were no cameras back then

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not even those ones where you hold the tray of flash powder?

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

Maybe those, actually. Lemme ask Chatgpt to make sure

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes. All visual artifacts that predate the invention of the camera are AI. This is a well-known phenomenon, and I have an issue of me discussing it with Al Einstein and Ben Franklin.