I am starting to subconsciously avoid looking at AI-generated images in articles and, moreover, I immediately perceive not only the image itself but the entire context (article/text) as "cheap" and "spammy".
Is it the same for you? Where can we start to improve this situation?
Compare tulips, pineapples, bling, computers, air travel, plastic surgery...
(in the 1953 Casino Royale, James Bond went all the way across the Channel, to exotic northern france)