And this is why it's a problem. There are SO many people out there who genuinely can't tell, until you lead them to the telltale clues. Not everybody approaches the world with a critical mind, and not everybody has the experience or tech-savviness to know what to look for. There are so many...
The issue people take with this is much larger than one single image, so it's not simple at all. The image just represents the general problem, and people's concerns are legitimate.
Thank you admins for doing the right thing and changing it to a real photo, and for pledging to try harder in the future. I wish you'd commit to using authentic pictures always, not just "as much as possible".
Yes please!!! There is no good reason to use them other than laziness. The problems with AI are bigger than this forum. Let's not give in.
BYC has managed to exist for all these years without resorting to AI, and permissions don't seem to have been a problem in all that time. We'll be fine...