Comment by Nursie

Right, and given this is usually the answer to "why is this being shoved in my face", my initial point stands - it doesn't matter if it's AI slop or not.

The article makes the point that a lot of people are easily fooled into interacting with fake AI stuff. My wider point is that regardless of how 'real' the images are, someone's trying to get you to look at bullshit for profit reasons, either the platform's or their own, therefore it's all best ignored.