Post #2404891 · Elektrine

2026-02-18 18:57 UTC

@the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org I think though- this is hard to explain but I think there might be something fundamentally different in the way some of our brains are processing generated information. "Uncanny Valley" is generally used as shorthand, but doesn't convey the actual, physical fatigue effect, even when used for humor. The synthetic graphics have humor, but are still tiring to look at. The same as reading synthetically composed text. I don't really have the vocabulary to articulate it though. @pheonix@hachyderm.io

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@chillicampari@layer8.space 2026-02-18 19:01

@the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org I don't know exactly what it is, and it's different than something like fiction written by a person, or a funny photoshop. Edit to add- it might go along with the "ultra-processed food" idea that @christianrickert@23.social mentioned upthread. @pheonix@hachyderm.io

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@the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-02-18 19:10

@chillicampari@layer8.space @pheonix@hachyderm.io 31 years ago, the lady who photographed my first wedding was very skeptical of digital photography. A year and a half later, i got a really shitty, crude Kodak digital and showed it to her. You could see her brain kick in when she understood the possibilities, and within two years she was shooting mostly digital. In 1972, my music teacher scoffed at synthesizers. Seven years later, I got an F on a math assignment because the teacher was appalled "you used a computer!"

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