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Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel
Episode: Why AI image editing isnât âjust like Photoshopâ
Description: Weâve been covering the rise of AI image editing very closely here on Decoder and at The Verge for several years now â the ability to create photorealistic images with nothing more than a chatbot prompt could completely reset our cultural relationship to photography. But one argument keeps cropping up in response. Youâve heard it a million times, and itâs when people say âitâs just like Photoshop,â with âPhotoshopâ standing in for the concept of image editing generally. So today, weâre trying to understand exactly what it means, and why our new world of AI i...