"Not even the Animal Crossing community is safe from AI ensloppification. With the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update only a few weeks old, players have been hard at work sprucing up their islands and posting pictures of all their hard decorating work. But some have been using generative AI to "enhance" their photos or fabricate them altogether, and fans are getting pissed."
"Sharing stylistic edits of Animal Crossing screenshots online is a foundational pillar of the game's community. Photos are typically edited to enhance the game's lighting and shadows, or put through filters to achieve a certain vibe. Photos with the best vibes are rewarded with likes, upvotes, or whatever the clout currency is for a particular social media website. However, that on X and elsewhere, screenshots enhanced with AI have started trending, often without disclosure that genAI was used."
Generative AI is being used to enhance or fabricate Animal Crossing: New Horizons screenshots, producing trending images that frequently lack disclosure. Players commonly edit screenshots to improve lighting, shadows, and overall vibe, and edited images earn likes, upvotes, and social clout. Undisclosed AI-generated or heavily altered images can mislead other players about obtainable items, placement possibilities, and in-game mechanics. Visual artifacts such as warped textures and odd numbering have signaled AI involvement to observant users. Community members are calling for honesty and disclosure of AI or heavy edits to reduce confusion and preserve trust in shared screenshots.
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