Okay, but actually, this is cheating because the computer is 6 years older than I am and we got it used. I could use it, but it didn't really do all that much (read: we didn't have a lot of programs for it and it didn't have a compiler or anything)
This is my "more real" answer
![A Mastodon post by Cassandra Granade ("Cassandra is only carbon now") [at]xgranade[at]wandering.shop (mirrored to Bluesky at @xgranade.com ) which reads:
By contrast, genAI fundamentally alters my relationship to the photo, in an incredibly toxic way. It changes how I relate to the concept of "truth" (already somewhat of a weird concept in photography, but I digress). It's no longer something I can reproduce with mechanisms I can control and understand, it's doing something fundamentally opaque. That's not a great relationship for one to have with their art, even under the best of circumstances.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aznvkvq4qqdwwnrvts3uluxt/bafkreifnrp75kvhso5eve63fniqh4cwnnz74vyzeayb3y5jszx2to2t4rm)
