Crazy changes no doubt. Internet changed the world drastically and irreversibly and AI will soon be considered an as important milestone for humanity, for better and/or worse. In this specific case AI made pictures closer to reality as the original files were crappy, especially in low light conditions, but in a few occasions it made things even "better". You know, I am sceptical about how the whole thing with those filters and AI affects relations between persons when we are at a time that everyone can look "perfect" in a picture but not in real (yet at least). It's been an age since I started thinking "damn, this world is too much about the image" and now that has gone a zillion times above that.
In any case, I have to thank you very much for an (as always) substantial comment, not sure if/when I'll be back here as, you know...Hope your challenges have faded meanwhile!