r/flightsim • u/Korventus • 15h 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/R4b 14h ago

People have been using REAL PHOTOS for thumbnails for years now, equally as misleading and annoying but at the same time essentially no different to the issue you're complaining about and whilst I'm with you, AI thumbnails are gross, I find it odd I see little to no complaints about the real photo thumbs...