I think the best analogy is hip-hop music.
Everything will become a copy of a copy of a copy until everything just sounds the same and looks like a parody of itself lacking the soul that made it attractive in the first place.
Everything will become a copy of a copy of a copy until everything just sounds the same and looks like a parody of itself lacking the soul that made it attractive in the first place.
It's possible to branch when you have an accurate history. As it is now all images are suspect.
Even an analogue photo could be a photo of a high res digital ai generated image.