Hello, you’re here because you said AI image editing was just like Photoshop

AI image editing tools significantly reduce the skills and time required compared to traditional Photoshop methods, enabling anyone to easily create highly convincing manipulated images. This increased accessibility heightens concerns about image trustworthiness and the potential for widespread misuse. Simple smartphone apps like the Google Photos' 'Reimagine' tool can seamlessly blend generated objects into photos, highlighting the stark difference in ease of use compared to traditional methods.

The proliferation of such tools means that manipulated images could become omnipresent, making it significantly harder to distinguish real from fake. This has alarming implications for public trust, as highlighted by events such as manipulated crowd sizes at political rallies. AI is exponentially better at making natural-looking images, diminishing the tell-tale signs that could previously alert the public to fake images.

While Photoshop also had a revolutionary impact, it introduced societal issues like impossible beauty standards and could mislead viewers in journalism. Generative AI exacerbates these problems and presents new ones, such as modifying images without explicit user direction. The lack of proper regulations and slowing development of identification systems for manipulated images highlight the urgent need for comprehensive legal frameworks to address these challenges.