[tivert]

>> being bombarded with tons of AI-written books, pornography, music, video, audio, images

> I don't come across any of these unless I am very actively looking for them.

AI generated "hero" images are pretty common on blogs and other blog-like sites. I run into them all the time by just clicking links on HN. "AI" generated garbage has made me both more blind to them and more annoyed by the whole concept of a "hero" image.

Edit: here is and obvious example I found, just now: https://betterschooling.in/collection/education-and-healthca.... Literally the next post I clicked on after writing this. Look at how fucking terrible and obviously AI that hero image is. FFS, the "patient's" head is an exposed brain the best I can tell.

I was wasting time on YouTube the other day, and I come across a video (I think about the Alien franchise), that had a huge amount of AI generated images and videos. The video started with a message saying it was a remake of a previous one that apparently had some copyright strikes against it. It was disgusting and unwatchable.

[meiraleal]

I'm starting to see a pattern around people that freak out about AI generated hero images. They aren't great most of the times but going out of your way to discuss the use of the image in a post (here in HN for example) is high-level pedantry.

The (go to) alternative for the authors would be a post without images which is by no means any better.

[xboxnolifes]

The alternative isn't no image. It's stock images or taking top listing off of google images.

[tivert]

> They aren't great most of the times but going out of your way to discuss the use of the image in a post (here in HN for example) is high-level pedantry.

They're garbage.

> The (go to) alternative for the authors would be a post without images which is by no means any better.

It would be far, far better for authors to post without images.

I mean, FFS, if you've got something good and relevant, sure use a "hero" image, but if you're going to use dreck, please don't bother.