Another questionable use of AI:

@jeridansky

VERY questionable. *cought*fraud*cough*

I can see doing some cleanup on a photo - a piece of trash in the yard you didn't notice when the shot was taken, things like that.

But this is soooo far past that.

@cafechatnoir The only good thing is that the AI-generated images are well labeled as such, and the original photos are also included in the listing.

But taking the as-is and making it into the AI photos would cost a fortune. Not really helpful in re-imagining what the house could look like.

And the first photo you see in the listing is an AI one.
https://www.auctioneera.ie/property/258-pearse-road-ballyphehane-cork-t12-k8f2

@jeridansky

Yeah, I saw the bit about the garden alone costing £30K. That's not exactly a Saturday morning trip to the local garden center.

@sindarina @cafechatnoir House dressing — which I assume is what we call house staging here — is extremely common in my part of the world. Real estate agents remove the owner's stuff and replace it with furniture and accessories that make the house look as appealing to as many people as possible. Nothing political or religious, neutral colors, no overstuffed furniture or rooms. Zero clutter.

Sure, it's kind of a fantasy and it can be sightly misleading, but in fairly obvious ways. It doesn't really bother me. The minute you start figuring how your stuff would fit in the rooms, the fantasy fades away.

But the AI stuff does bother me. Seriously misleading. And I hate almost all AI just on principle.