THEY TAUGHT US NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE READ ONLINE. NOW WE’LL HAVE TO LEARN NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE SEEThe videos at the top of this post come from the Instagram profile of a stunning girl. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say they come from the profile of a girl who doesn’t actually exist.
I can’t say for sure, but there’s something about them that makes me think they were created using artificial intelligence. Certain movements, a few gestures, that almost-too-perfect beauty… Small details that still raise suspicions when you look closely enough.
The problem is that those little clues are disappearing fast.
During the early years of artificial intelligence, it was relatively easy to spot a generated image. Hands with six fingers, weird-looking eyes, distorted objects, impossible shadows, or bodies that defied the most basic principles of anatomy.
The image might have looked impressive, but there was always something that eventually gave it away.
Now it’s not that simple. Faces show natural expressions, skin has texture, hair moves realistically, and light behaves exactly as it should. Voices breathe, hesitate, laugh, and change tone. Videos include camera movements, shallow focus, flaws, and tiny imperfections deliberately added to make them look real.
And this is only the beginning.
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For sticking the incense in.
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MY PRIVATE FIGURINE COLLECTIONFor a long time, painting miniatures was mostly associated with soldiers, armies, scale models, and strategy games. Tiny figures made of metal, resin, or plastic that had to be brought to life with a ridiculously small brush, plenty of patience, and a steady hand that didn't look like it belonged to someone who'd just downed four coffees. Over the years, the hobby grew, became more specialized, and blended with other worlds until it reached manga, anime, video games, and pretty much any character someone considered worthy of a spot on a shelf.
Because buying a finished figure is one thing. Creating it yourself is something completely different.
Japanese figure collecting has a long history behind it, especially around garage kits, figures sold unassembled and unpainted so hobbyists could prepare and finish them themselves. In Japan, this culture really began gaining momentum during the 1980s, fueled by conventions, specialty stores, and a community of fans who wanted figures of characters that often didn't even exist as commercial products.
That turned collectors into something more than just buyers. Pieces had to be assembled, imperfections corrected, joints sanded, primer applied, and finally you had to face
that little three-dimensional canvas, completely gray or white, that still barely resembled the character you had in your head.
And that's probably where the most interesting part of the process begins.
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Dancing.
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