{"slug": "ai-generated-images-discourage-me-from-reading-your-blog", "title": "AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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.\n\nI’d rather see a shitty\n[Microsoft Paint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint) drawing as opposed to some AI image.\n\nI 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\n[LLM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model).\n\nIf you run a personal blog, please avoid AI-generated images.\n\nDiscussion over at\n[Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42506989)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-images-discourage-me-from-reading-your-blog", "canonical_source": "https://nelson.cloud/ai-generated-images-discourage-me-from-reading-your-blog/", "published_at": "2026-08-04 11:30:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 12:40:57.892769+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Microsoft Paint", "Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-images-discourage-me-from-reading-your-blog", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-images-discourage-me-from-reading-your-blog.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-images-discourage-me-from-reading-your-blog.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-images-discourage-me-from-reading-your-blog.jsonld"}}