Sorry, this was a joke about the decline of "Gabe's" artistic output. I'd find midjourney's output repulsive no matter what it looked like.

Got it. Though Midjourney can certainly be pushed beyond its fingerprint, so you might not be aware that a given image you've seen was generated by it or not

Let me be clear: it is the knowledge that an image was created with midjourney that repulses me, not the visual appeal of the image itself.

That is unfortunate

It is also not an uncommon opinion, which you should keep in mind if you intend to use AI-generated imagery in your products.

Actually, it's an opinion that's going to dwindle as AI tooling becomes more commonly available. I am not worried about it

Nah. Even the "good" stuff feels cheap. It's the art version of ho-hos and twinkies. Every once in a while I see one and think, "oh, neat, wonder how they got it to do that?", but usually I'm just left slightly queasy and with a bad taste.

I've been using Midjourney to generate assets and textures that I Photoshop into new images, such as album covers, banners, and flyers. It has been excellent for speeding up my workflow. My small audience has found a high amount of visual appeal in the results

Then it's no problem right? Or are you just in a minority.

Price and volume mean it still has impact. We’re already seeing that with online marketplaces and forums filling up with high-volume AI excreta, and a lot of businesses love replacing positions with software so regardless of the relative merits of the output anyone who lives in a society should be thinking about what it’ll look like as millions of jobs disappear.

That is a non-suitor. A lot of people like hohos and Twinkies.

That doesn't mean they arent stolen and that doesn't mean they are fine cuisine.