Special Effects Are No Longer Special

But Many of Us Don't Believe It

Special effects are special for a reason: they’re unusual or exciting, or they’re both. 

Now that the media is full of AI-generated images and videos, these effects have become so frequent. They’re everywhere and most of them aren’t that exciting. 

They’re not special anymore.

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My detailed prompt for this AI image: “Generate an image to go with this blog post. Make it visually appealing.”

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