P: Generative Remove Feedback (Lr Classic & Lr Eco)

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Uncheck the option Detect Objects -- it often doesn't work very well, especially with long skinny objects and objects on the edges of the photo. Then select the entire wire with a single selection, even if there are some trees intervening -- otherwise, Remove sometimes tries to generate a replacement matching the rest of the wire:

See this short article for how to remove objects more reliably:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/

@Jeremy26803694vwct: "In these cases, Generative Remove is easy to spot - there's an obvious colour, texture, and sometimes exposure shift."

Lots of people have complained about the replacements not matching in grain, noise, or tone.

To get better matches, these techniques sometimes help (but often not):

1. Adobe recommends applying Denoise before Remove.

2. The replacement patch supplied by Adobe Firefly has a maximum size of 2048 x 2048 pixels. If the selected area in the photo is larger than that, then the replacement patch gets upscaled (and blurry).

3. Make a larger selection of the background.

4. Sometimes there's a distinctly visible boundary where the tone or noise don't match. You can often use the heal tool around the boundary to get better feathering and make it less noticeable -- apply Heal in small brush strokes.

2. For grain/noise in particular, see this post for how to ameliorate the problem by adding the grain back or reducing the grain:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-generative-remove-feedback-lr-classic-amp-lr-eco/m-p/14917497#M382464

@samantha_2390: "The removal tool is [not] working."

After clicking Remove, make sure the Opacity slider is 100. A likely bug in LR sometimes sets it to 0.

If this doesn't help, please provide a lot more detail about what you're seeing -- "not working" isn't very informative.  Full-resolution screenshots (not phone pics) can often give useful clues.

@defaultjzphsp0ty96o: "Lightroom often creates new objetcs instead of removing them"

See this short article for how to remove objects more reliably:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/generative-remove-replace/

"In most cases, Photoshop does a PERFECT job to completely remove anything I select without the need to type any command."

Photoshop's AI Remove uses the same algorithm as LR's.  Please attach an example full-resolution JPEG exported from the unmodified original photo (not a screenshot) where Photoshop does a better job than LR or where the tips in that article don't help.

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@giancatt.stmoritz: "the "original eye" is not detected."

To get matching eyes, select both eyes with a single selection, being sure to include all the discolored, bruised skin:

Then subtract the selected portion of the nose:

It's crucial to select both eyes with a single selection and then subtract the parts you don't want selected; otherwise, if you select the eyes separately, then due to a design bug, you'll end up with two different selections rather than a single selection, and the eyes won't match.

Then you'll have to look at many variations (perhaps 20 to 30) to get something acceptable (clicking Generate to generate three more variations).  When you see a plausible variation, make a new Snapshot of it, so you can go back later and select the best variation.

Here are some variations that look plausible to me:

Note that you can adjust the eye color using Radial Gradient masks.

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@Turbolyft: "I am constantly noticing issues with the generative fill showing definitive outlines around the replaced areas making the tool useless."

There are different situations which can create such outlines, and there are usually ways to avoid them. However, the screenshot you posted doesn't show any such outline on my calibrated display:

If you post another example where the the issue is more obvious, then we'll be able to provide better help.

@LuluBirder: "it simply does not work for out of focus twigs and vegetation that appears translucent."

Remove always tries to match its replacements with what's left unselected. So when you selected part of the bird's head, it generated a replacement (a bird's head) to match the unselected body of the bird.

You can quickly remove the translucent twigs by selecting just them, with three different Remove selections, not selecting the bird's head:

Remove can't remove the translucent haze on the bird's head without generating a completely new (different) head. But you can use a Brush mask to select that part of the bird's head:

and then increasing the Texture, Clarify, and Contrast of the mask:

There just isn't any detail in the lower half of the head to recover, though.