Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me?
-
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
Pretty sure you're not going to find an honest non-cherry-picked article stating that. I'm pretty sure the vast majority has no strong opinions either way.
Surrounding yourself with people from fedi (or other environments with a filter-bubble) gives you the impression everybody hates it, and I just don't think it's true outside of particular groups.
Using an image generator is just the modern-day WordArt: it looks like garbage, but boomers are going to boomer. -
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs Take an alt text for a picture, feed that to AI and tell it to generate the picture, that should convince most people!
(edited for typos)
-
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
Can you make them aware of good alternatives for accessing real images at no cost? Wikimedia Commons, Openverse, Pixabay?
I find a lot of people don’t know about these.
-
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs Does anyone remember their parents and other elders being delighted by clip-art in the late 80s/early 90s, and adding it to everything despite it making things look like shite?
Feels like the same kind of thing happening here, it's the new cheap and shitty clip art being produced at a high cost that simply isn't being passed on as a charge, it's being saved up and levied on future generations in environmental and social degradation.
-
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs not a citation but a positive example of sentiment, seen in a shop window in a small town in the far North of Scotland.
If nothing else, convince them that in a world of samey, bland generated posters and flyers, something obviously human-made will really help their event stand out!
-
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs
Reminds me of MS Office / MS Publisher and all the dreadful clip art falling into hands of small orgs (churches, scouts, clubs, schools etc) in 1990s. People that had only used typewriter and maybe CP/M or DOS with Wordstar or Wordperfect etc.
The novelty of the colour ink jet!
The novelty of all those fonts!
1992 etc.
No Internet for most for another 2 to 4 years. No graphic design or layout course experience.The AI stuff is far worse!
-
@afewbugs you could ask them to fill this in before they start
-
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs LLMs like ChatGPT now embed metadata that marks the image as AI-generated. So machines and humans who can read the metadata will know for sure. Those who run automated filters to remove these images will not see them at all.
Also, plenty of free and inexpensive alternatives to LLMs such as licensed images, stock photos, free templates on Canva, and PhotoPea photo editor. I really hope you are able to convince them!
-
@afewbugs not a citation but a positive example of sentiment, seen in a shop window in a small town in the far North of Scotland.
If nothing else, convince them that in a world of samey, bland generated posters and flyers, something obviously human-made will really help their event stand out!
-
@afewbugs not a citation but a positive example of sentiment, seen in a shop window in a small town in the far North of Scotland.
If nothing else, convince them that in a world of samey, bland generated posters and flyers, something obviously human-made will really help their event stand out!
-
@afewbugs you could ask them to fill this in before they start
I love it
For everyone else reading along, here is the source btw.: https://smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/
-
@noodlemaz @afewbugs There is already a war on the legality of ethical justice and not just from IP theft by Ai companies, but from those financing the growth of the police state that only benefits fascist cults. Why is there no immediate action being taken to end it, only concern that amounts to appeasement or collaboration?:
‘Democratic members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform expressing concern about the agency's potential use of the spyware Graphite, which was created by an Israeli company, Paragon Solutions.’
It’s what happens when governments sell out to the sovereignty of corporate corruption! #IP #InformationAbuse #surveillanceCults #GDPR https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5776799/ice-spyware-privacy
-
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs I've seen people making genAI posters when running for union shop committee
like cmon bro -
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs
I write to anyone using AI, discouraging them to it' s use .
Not big success, but significative. -
Does anyone have a handy quick reference article clearly stating that most people hate AI generated images, it's not just me? I need something I could use to convince a local community group I'm involved in not to go down the AI generated graphics route. The people involved are perhaps slightly older, discovering the ability to make flyers with any image they want on and think it's great, I need to be able to say it's not just me being a perfectionist, this is going to alienate more people than it attracts. TIA.
@afewbugs There's some good stuff here :
https://aiconsequences.com/
And here :
https://no-ai-icon.com/ (scroll down past the icon section).
Both by the same person. -
@afewbugs you could ask them to fill this in before they start
-
@afewbugs Does anyone remember their parents and other elders being delighted by clip-art in the late 80s/early 90s, and adding it to everything despite it making things look like shite?
Feels like the same kind of thing happening here, it's the new cheap and shitty clip art being produced at a high cost that simply isn't being passed on as a charge, it's being saved up and levied on future generations in environmental and social degradation.
-
@afewbugs not a citation but a positive example of sentiment, seen in a shop window in a small town in the far North of Scotland.
If nothing else, convince them that in a world of samey, bland generated posters and flyers, something obviously human-made will really help their event stand out!
-
@afewbugs you could ask them to fill this in before they start
-
@afewbugs you could ask them to fill this in before they start
