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AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog

A blogger expressed growing frustration with AI-generated images on personal blogs, stating they prefer hand-drawn Microsoft Paint drawings over AI images and worry that the presence of such images suggests the text may also be AI-generated. The post, which sparked discussion on Hacker News, urges individual bloggers to avoid AI-generated images to maintain authenticity.

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AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog
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I have a growing hatred for AI-generated images in blogs. It makes me wonder if the text in the blog posts is AI-generated to some extent. It’s always disappointing seeing these images in blogs run by individuals. I expect this from corporate blogs but not indie blogs.

I’d rather see a shitty Microsoft Paint drawing as opposed to some AI image.

I know there are plenty of things you can roast my blog for but at least you know for a fact you’re getting the thoughts of a real human being and not some

[LLM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model).

If you run a personal blog, please avoid AI-generated images.

Discussion over at Hacker News

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