Grainy, blurry AI images aren't "realism" — clarity should be the bar

Deep_Imagination_811 · reddit · 2026-11-09

The author pushes back on the trend of calling grainy, blurry AI generations "realistic": nobody posts such photos of themselves when phone cameras are cheap, and the grain simply hides flaws. True realism should mean high-quality, clear images indistinguishable from real photos — still aspirational, but achievable once generation crosses the uncanny valley.

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