Mastodawn

*Edit*: here at least, I am clearly not isolated!

Perhaps I am increasingly isolated in holding this position, but I have no interest in reading "AI"-generated slop.

I love reading.

I read people's blogs and toots and whatever *because people wrote them* and I want to read their own thoughts and opinions.

I buy books, and read numerous different authors. I like finding new authors, bringing new ideas, styles etc.

Same with "AI" images. I'd prefer no image at all.

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ahnlak Mar 15

@neil I find AI images a really strong flag that I'm not going to want to read an article.

I suspect at least part of the problem is that "experts" will tell you that a web page *has* to have an image to represent it (because that's what algorithms want), and people are panicked into finding *something* to fill that void.

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Haelwenn /элвэн/

@ahnlak @neil Which is kind of funny because even before AI I found it so tailored towards some sort of ranking that it can end up looking a bit shady like sites that look borderline SEO-farming.