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@vvillberry
August 29, 2024 at 8:22 am
I would definitely put myself in pictures multiple times
@bad65dad
August 29, 2024 at 8:22 am
Love it very nice technology is awesome.
@BossAtwork69
August 29, 2024 at 8:27 am
Every movie, tv show is color corrected and has been edited since the beginning of moving pictures. People are suddenly behaving like this is something new
@DJJimmieM
August 29, 2024 at 8:48 am
Exactly!
@hometechUK
August 29, 2024 at 8:32 am
I don’t get this fake photo comments, it’s not fake persay, it’s 2 photos 10 seconds parts merging. A fake photo would be adding a person or item that was not there at that time. Finally family photos will include every member of the family.
@wookieewantacookie
August 29, 2024 at 8:49 am
Photo is suppose to be real and not altered or it’s graphic design
@frankw3123
August 29, 2024 at 11:28 am
@wookieewantacookie so u actually think that the video this lady took looks exactly like what we are watching foo?
@damianit
August 29, 2024 at 2:45 pm
It’s a moment which never happened.. so it’s fake… You make pictures to catch moments!
@mr.joshmateo
August 29, 2024 at 7:21 pm
@wookiewantacookie is right. If this were the real meaning of a photograph using film media. You can perform this with double exposure but it takes actual framing skill and proper exposure and is not considered computational photography like these Google ai tools/edits
@archangel115
August 29, 2024 at 8:38 am
This is a wonderful feature. Those negative comments will always be there…..some people see the glass half empty while others see it half full ????????♂️. Having a feature like this is an invaluable tool to create invaluable memories, however you want those memories to be.
@myfakeguuglaccount8307
August 29, 2024 at 10:15 am
So…fake. You can “add yourself” to the interior of my private jet, but that is a “memory” you will never have.
Now, to create fiction? Yes; killer feature
@archangel115
August 29, 2024 at 2:08 pm
@@myfakeguuglaccount8307 Media manipulation is nothing new. The same way there’s picture filters or the same way that people can appreciate and experience an artistic creation, even though it is “fake”, people can find use and a positive relation to their pictures where they are the protagonists of their creation. Again….glass half empty or half full ????????♂️. It’s really up to yourself as an individual what position or attitude you have towards a tool and not to those around you.
@myfakeguuglaccount8307
August 29, 2024 at 2:28 pm
@archangel115 I’m just saying you can’t create a memory of something that never happened. Certainly not invaluable memories. Fanciful fiction? Sure. Memories? Just…no. ????
@kramdens1967
August 29, 2024 at 8:45 am
Awesome feature.. used it a few times already.. people are so dramatic
@Jayden-lr2mm
August 29, 2024 at 8:59 am
Imagine using that to troll your friends… damn the possibilities are endless
@sergiopabon1387
August 29, 2024 at 9:08 am
Enter Crazy Ex Girlfriend: I can use this make it seem like my ex is cheating on his current girlfriend.
Imagine the possibilities
@hotdavesweet
August 29, 2024 at 9:32 am
Google sucks and Android sucks. and let me tell you one more thing….Samsung also sucks
@Nightflash28
August 29, 2024 at 12:46 pm
So edgy. Wow. Good job, you.
@Bigbook91
August 29, 2024 at 10:04 am
Its comical people asking what’s a photo but Photoshop has been around for ages. I guess if this was part of Apple intelligence people would be glazing it as groundbreaking
@elivegba8186
August 29, 2024 at 11:02 am
That’s my point.
People have been using PS for a long time now and accept it, but Google enters the scene with something identical but on device, they hate it and call it fake.
And as you said, is it was apple, they will call it revolutionary and magic
@needleontherecord
August 29, 2024 at 3:06 pm
Exactly
@myfakeguuglaccount8307
August 29, 2024 at 10:11 am
Why even take a photo? You could have generated every photo in the video. Which begs the question: What’s the point of the phone camera, or the Pixel series? ????
@Nightflash28
August 29, 2024 at 12:45 pm
I don’t even know how to respond to something this daft.
@myfakeguuglaccount8307
August 29, 2024 at 2:33 pm
@Nightflash28 Yet respond you did, with literally nothing substantive. Fact is: there is no “picture” Google can’t generate without a camera. I can literally put myself in front of the Giza pyramids, having never been there, and you’d never know the difference. Putting myself in front of the phone booth in the video is child’s play.
@arnjohnsonmusic
August 29, 2024 at 10:18 am
I really appreciated this commentary in the video. Good work on covering this feature, and I like your philosophical reflections. Good stuff to think about!
@dannnnn809
August 29, 2024 at 10:22 am
RIP JOBS PHOTOGRAPHY
@amirmoradi9595
August 29, 2024 at 10:55 am
So basically it just makes what people have been able to in Photoshop for the last 20 years a lot easier for anyone to do?
@elivegba8186
August 29, 2024 at 11:04 am
As simple as that.
But guess what, people are dramatic about it????
@PodiumTuningRacing
August 29, 2024 at 1:53 pm
Sensationalism.
@radomu1
August 29, 2024 at 11:10 pm
It’s a big deal, considering that Photoshop is a somewhat expensive paid software and requires some degree of training to be able to use.
@frankw3123
August 29, 2024 at 11:19 am
Photographers are just mad because everyone and their mom can do this in the blink of an eye without going into Photoshop or some paid software to do it. Stop it
@radomu1
August 29, 2024 at 11:09 pm
Who are you telling to stop what?
@aliettienne2907
September 1, 2024 at 7:08 pm
It’s true ????????????????????????
@dzimlee
September 2, 2024 at 4:01 pm
i mean people who study for years to learn a skill and then AI just makes it easier for everyone in a day, possibly losing jobs that took years to learn. i can feel their pain. but that’s just tech, all we can do is cry about it. i was in digital art but now people would rather use AI than hire, so i’m back to customer service. AI will probably make better CSR in the future forcing me to go door to door lawn mowing for change, even then AI will make roomba garden edition. so i’ll probably sell my body to lonely grandmas… even then… i don’t know.
@matthewbaynham6286
August 29, 2024 at 11:39 am
This tool is perfect for a group of drunk people to play with.
In terms of ethics, you’ve always been able to manipulate photos even before digital photography, but with tools to manipulate photos being far more widespread then people will become more skeptical of photos.
About 25 years ago I did a night school course in photography and the teacher told us a story how she had to photograph a busy street which was fall of people walking past a shop however she had to make it look like the street was empty, it was easy for her because she was a university lecturer in photography, this was 25 years ago when people would believe photos actually happened. Now if you see a photo people don’t believe it, because they shouldn’t believe it.
@Szymon.Skorka
August 29, 2024 at 11:42 am
All pixel people will have a spiderman costume at Halloween with the same person photo 😀
@MarkTrbojevic
August 29, 2024 at 2:10 pm
A photo is a creation that has meaning to YOU. Modify it however you want. If you’re proud off it, post it wherever you want. Use whatever tools help you create. Thanks Google for providing great tools.
@damianit
August 29, 2024 at 2:42 pm
At some point I ask myself what is the point of existing if we feel the urge to fake everything… These pictures literally never happened! Who wants this?!
@PilotFlight2Mars
August 29, 2024 at 3:49 pm
I need the behind the scenes laughing leaked.
Not a lot makes me laugh, but i chuckled along.
@therealfrenchie23
August 29, 2024 at 5:37 pm
people are mad u don t have to use photoshop anymore…..????♂
@mr.joshmateo
August 29, 2024 at 7:07 pm
it’s “Photo vs picture”. These AI edits make it a picture. No longer a photo. Introducing/removing something on a photo that wasn’t there originally changes it into a picture. Adding a person, reshaping a face, removing a blemish those are all pictures.
@tiburonroano
August 29, 2024 at 7:54 pm
AI copies and pastes for you that is add me. You can do this on most phones today.
@ClaytonGrimwald
August 29, 2024 at 8:21 pm
So, airbrushing has been around for over a century and photoshopping images has been around for several decades, both of which have greatly influenced how we view the human form since their inception, but now all of a sudden altering photos is a bad thing??? All these naysayers need to get over themselves.
@rosariodagosto6484
August 30, 2024 at 1:18 am
i hate fake photos
@ThePastaManCan
August 30, 2024 at 6:07 am
Man that accent must be the cause of low birth rates in America.
@TonyNoCeilings
August 30, 2024 at 10:08 pm
Show the same energy on iPhone…
@TJ-Thekid
August 31, 2024 at 7:25 pm
I don’t know why anyone would feel disingenuous posting a photo that was edited by AI. Do you know how many pictures on Instagram have been face tuned and edited over with filters? … I don’t think of any of this really even matters …. Blahhhhhhhhh
@aliettienne2907
September 1, 2024 at 7:11 pm
2:17 Add Me is adding laughter to y’all hearts, y’all can’t deny it. Lol ????. But on a serious note, Google “Add Me” is here to stay, it’s a great feature. ????????????????????????
@AmeliaDonna-v2n
September 2, 2024 at 4:07 pm
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