The Google Pixel 9 phones launched earlier this month, and they all come with new AI tricks for photos. These features have reignited the debate about the line between authentic photography and outright fakery.

These features got us thinking about where our readers draw the line between real photos and fiction.

Features like Google’s Reimagine option in Magic Editor and Samsung’s Sketch to Image (see below) are incredibly polarizing examples of AI generation in smartphone photography. Both tools let you add AI-generated objects to your existing photo via a doodle or prompt. For example, you can add a sports car to a picture of your driveway or a hat to a photo of your friend. We’ve even seen some brands offer portrait modes that let you swap out the background for a completely AI-generated one.

Some readers might like to use AI for minor tweaks, but no more than that. This could be as simple as deleting small objects in a scene or re-centering your subject in a photo.

Some of you may draw the line at composite images, let alone artificial intelligence. Google’s Best Take is a recent example of a feature that combines elements from multiple images. It lets you swap the faces of the people in your group photo (if someone had their eyes closed, for example), but it doesn’t simply create new faces. Instead, the mode takes multiple shots in quick succession and lets you swap faces from those previous images. Google is also using a composite approach for its new “Add Me” feature, which lets you add yourself to an image if you were the original photographer.

Some of you may be photography purists who just want a raw/lightly edited image and aren’t keen on many modern editing techniques. This means no multiple image capture to reduce noise and blur, and no image segmentation for finer editing. It also means generally no gross tweaks like oversharpening or extreme saturation.

So go ahead and vote in our poll below, and if you draw the line somewhere else, let us know in the comments below!

Me? I absolutely draw the line at AI generation in my photos. I love computational photography and composite/multi-image modes, but I definitely don’t want AI generated stuff in my snaps.