[MSFT_Edging]

Those AI photos at the start of blogs often make me say "fuck it" and go back.

It screams "I rushed this out, I'm probably regurgitating something I just learned".

I rather a dorky stock photo than some nonsense AI image puking out some combination of "cyber", "tech", "hacker", and "circuit".

It's unserious at best, scammy at its worst.

[doug_durham]

That an interpretation. The other interpretation is "Hey I'm not a talented artist. This tool allows me to express an idea I couldn't otherwise." Yes AI art is used in scams, and AI doesn't give you good taste. By I don't think it indicates laziness.

[jen729w]

If your blog isn’t about art, why does it need the entire above-the-fold taken up with generated ‘art’?

And if it is about art, you should be showing art.

[flembat]

Right, because non creatives can't have nice things, and there was never a thing called conceptual art.

[vouaobrasil]

Exactly. I stop reading any article as soon as I see an AI image.

[IndySun]

I cringe when I see one, but sometimes the articles are good. Apparently, some people have great writing skills but suck at visual taste. Though, arguably, they aught to know that about themselves.

[vouaobrasil]

True, but I believe taking a strong unilateral stand is worth the sacrifice of not reading such articles.

[IndySun]

Is that a little like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face? Good to have principles that propel forwards and not become entrenched by them, wouldn't you agree? That said, you will save, or at least not waste, an awful lot of time - there was already too much and now a lot more tripe out there since so-called a.i..

[vouaobrasil]

> Good to have principles that propel forwards and not become entrenched by them, wouldn't you agree? That said, you will save, or at least not waste, an awful lot of time - there was already too much and now a lot more tripe out there since so-called a.i..

In this case, it's not really entrenchment, because there are viable alternatives.