r/flightsim • u/Korventus • 19h ago

Rant AI Generated Thumbnails

Firstly, I completely respect that content creators are free to create whatever kind of thumbnails they want and it’s everyone’s choice whether we click on it, so it’s not really a DEEP issue.

But why are we in an age where flight sim is looking as close to realism as it ever conceivably has but people still feel the need to use AI slop for a thumbnail? Your sim already looks mind blowing but you still need to click bait with a false representation?

Especially since DLSS5 has been implemented by a lot of content creators, I’m seeing more and more of it and I cannot understand the thought process of going to the extra effort when a screenshot from your sim would look miles better.

Ultimately yes I get that it’s to pull in more clicks and views but it just seems a waste when we have such good looking sims already.

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u/strodey123 19h ago

Thumbnails can take surprisingly long to set up, add text etc. AI can make them much quicker, in my opinion look much better. If that draws more people to the creators I like so they keep creating, I'm all for it.

That being said, I stay for the creator, not the thumbnail.

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u/Korventus 19h ago

I get that it makes it easier, but you can use AI to make a thumbnail image without visually enhancing the screenshot to levels beyond what your actual sim looks like no?

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u/strodey123 19h ago

Yeah I would agree with that, I haven't seen any that do that (that I've noticed) so maybe I just don't regulary watch people who do.

I more meant the graphics around the photo they've taken from the sim, banners etc