Miss this and you are not fooled by a bad photo. You are fooled by a good one wearing a real face as a mask. That is the version that gets past editors, past readers, past other AIs.
The cost is not embarrassment.
The cost is trusting a source that only half exists.
Stay real means something different now. It does not mean avoiding AI. It means knowing exactly where the seam is in anything you did not build with your own two hands. Look for the disagreement. That is where the truth is hiding.
V> Good fakes do not fail on faces anymore. They fail on physics.
Just like makeup, high heels and clothing, AI can and is becoming a part of who we are. Being able to augment certain parts that we like and perhaps even dislike about ourselves is considered more okay. In fact, the act of promoting particular specifics can be just as enlightening and revealing as the act itself.