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Fake things can definitely look fake, I think, or am I missing the distinction you are drawing here? I don't understand what you are correcting me on, but I'm c

• peteforde 3y ago
  Honestly, I think that a lot of people on HN are just difficult. I don't know whether it's learned or biological, but there's clearly a driving urge for some of these folks to just argue the most pedantic nonsense until the oxygen is all gone. I find it hilarious that someone would be deeply offended by AI colorization of scenes from 100+ years ago, which are impossible to recreate and many showing glimpses into the past which would otherwise be mostly forgotten. The reason that they get millions of views is because it gives modern people the opportunity to make the shocking realization that times change, but these people are not so different from us. One has to wonder if someone angry about the introduction of artificial color is also angry to realize that actors are playing characters and comedians are not just making up funny jokes while you watch.