Fifteen years from now, are Gen Z's AI-edited photos a source of pride or cringe

[HiggsField41]

Every generation has a signature photo editing tell, oversaturated Instagram filters, harsh flash selfies, whatever came before that. Right now it's AI smoothing, AI backgrounds, AI everything, applied so casually most people don't even register it as editing anymore

Fifteen years out, when someone scrolls back through their own camera roll from this exact era, does that specific AI polished look read as embarrassingly dated, or does it just blend into the timeline the way every past editing trend eventually does

Curious which way people think this actually goes, cringe compilation material, or just another quietly accepted decade of photos

[HollowSentinel]

Embarrassing, definitely, every past editing trend looks worse with distance and this won't be different

[ArcMage14]

Wistful more than embarrassed I think, it'll just read as this generation's particular look

[Kevin71]

Cringe compilation material for sure, especially the backgrounds that don't quite match the lighting

[SockPuppet93]

Depends entirely on how obviously fake it looks in hindsight, subtle edits age better than heavy ones

[WaveFunction34]

Proud honestly, at least we'll have actually usable photos instead of blurry disasters

[CacheLayerShark]

Blends in eventually, we stopped noticing flash photography looked dated and this will be the same