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

These features made us wonder 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 (pictured 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 could add a sports car to a photo 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 may be happy to use AI for minor adjustments, but that’s it. This can be as simple as erasing small objects from a scene or centering your subject in a post-photo.

Some of you might draw the line at composite images, let alone AI. Google’s Best Take is a recent example of a feature that combines elements from multiple photos. It lets you swap out the faces of people in your group shot (for example, if someone had their eyes closed), but it doesn’t just make up new faces. Instead, the mode takes multiple photos in quick succession and lets you swap faces from those previous frames. 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 only want a raw/lightly edited image and draw the line at many modern processing techniques. That means no multi-frame capture to reduce noise and blur, and no image segmentation for more detailed processing. It also means no heavy-duty adjustments in general, such as over-sharpening or extreme saturation.

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

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