These AI-generated Cadillac photos posted to bring a trailer are a sign of bad things to come
- Jan 21
- 1 min read
When you buy a car online, you’d expect what you see to be more or less what you get. Sure, some minor cosmetic defects might be too small for the camera to pick up, but you’re still looking at undoctored photos of a real car, right?
Well, not always. Over the weekend, a Bring A Trailer listing went live with a beige 1999 Cadillac DeVille. Florida-spec vinyl toupee, 81,000 miles, your average retired-well church-on-Sunday car. Normally, this wouldn’t be noteworthy, but something strange is going on in the photos.
Now, let’s preface this by saying that there are some acceptable uses of generative AI in car photography. Using generative fill to remove unwanted lamp posts in the background isn’t dissimilar to clone-stamping them out, and can produce far neater results.
Digitally extending the existing sky and pavement to turn a 3:2 photo into a 9:16 photo for social media is similar to just using copy-paste to extend a solid-color static background, and doesn’t fundamentally alter the subject of the photo.
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