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0 pointsnozzlegear2mo ago0 comments

Meh, I don't buy it. People dislike AI generated images and art more than they dislike AI generated, well, anything. AI images adorning an article, blog post, announcement or product listing is the hallmark of a cheap, bottom of the barrel product these days, if not an outright scam.

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SpicyLemonZest2mo ago

People dislike AI generated art in the same way that they dislike cheap injection molded plastic. When they inspect it in detail, they wish it were something more expensive and artisan, but most of the time they barely notice it and just see that the world is a bit more colorful than a blank page or unfinished metal panel would be.

For context, the top 5 HN links as of this comment contain one attributed (https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/year-linux-desktop/, characters page discloses Stable Diffusion usage) and one likely (https://www.madebywindmill.com/tempi/blog/hbfs-bpm/, high-context unattributed image with no Tineye results) AI generated image.

xena2mo ago

Fwiw, replacing that is in my TODO list, but my TODO list is long.

SpicyLemonZest2mo ago

Entirely reasonable if you ask me!

krapp2mo ago

Businesses don't care, it's more important to the bottom line to use AI than not.

And they know that eventually people will just learn to accept it.

ben_w2mo ago

I am uncertain about this.

Yes, GenAI content is cheap.

But a business whose output is identical to everyone else's, because everyone is using the same models to solve the same problems, has no USP and no signal to customers to say why they're different.

The meme a while back about OpenAI having no moat? That's just as true for businesses depending on any public AI tool. If you can't find something that AI fails at, and also show this off to potential customers, then your business is just a lottery ticket with extra steps.

krapp2mo ago

Most businesses don't compete on difference - most competitors are virtually indistinguishable from one another. Rather they tend to compete on brand identity and loyalty.

I think businesses assume the output of AI can be the same as with their current workflow, just with the benefit of cutting their workforce, so all upside and no downside.

I also suspect that a lot of businesses (at least the biggest ones) are looking into hosting their own LLM infrastructure rather than depending on third party services, but even if not there are plenty of "indispensible" services that businesses rely on already. Look at AWS.

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SpicyLemonZest2mo ago

xena2mo ago

Fwiw, replacing that is in my TODO list, but my TODO list is long.

SpicyLemonZest2mo ago

Entirely reasonable if you ask me!

krapp2mo ago

Businesses don't care, it's more important to the bottom line to use AI than not.

And they know that eventually people will just learn to accept it.

ben_w2mo ago

I am uncertain about this.

Yes, GenAI content is cheap.

But a business whose output is identical to everyone else's, because everyone is using the same models to solve the same problems, has no USP and no signal to customers to say why they're different.

krapp2mo ago

Most businesses don't compete on difference - most competitors are virtually indistinguishable from one another. Rather they tend to compete on brand identity and loyalty.

I think businesses assume the output of AI can be the same as with their current workflow, just with the benefit of cutting their workforce, so all upside and no downside.

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