For my part, I dislike AI images, and I feel disappointed when creators use them in blog posts, videos, and other places. I value human authorship and prefer to consume content that a person actually made.
At the same time, I think the opposition to generative AI is often misinformed and disproportionate to its actual impact, and I condemn the false accusations and creators getting cancelled for using AI in ways their audiences don’t like. Hank Green is a recent example of someone who used AI in a relatively minor way in a video and is still getting cancelled after he apologized to his audience for it.
At the end of the day, I think it’s up to creators to know what their audiences want. Feel free to use AI art if your audience is receptive to it, otherwise don’t. I also believe that the EA media ecosystem would benefit from more diverse content—maybe not every podcast should be a video podcast, and not every blog post should use AI images.
I think the post “Debate: should EA avoid using AI art outside of research?” from April 2025 is relevant here.
For my part, I dislike AI images, and I feel disappointed when creators use them in blog posts, videos, and other places. I value human authorship and prefer to consume content that a person actually made.
At the same time, I think the opposition to generative AI is often misinformed and disproportionate to its actual impact, and I condemn the false accusations and creators getting cancelled for using AI in ways their audiences don’t like. Hank Green is a recent example of someone who used AI in a relatively minor way in a video and is still getting cancelled after he apologized to his audience for it.
At the end of the day, I think it’s up to creators to know what their audiences want. Feel free to use AI art if your audience is receptive to it, otherwise don’t. I also believe that the EA media ecosystem would benefit from more diverse content—maybe not every podcast should be a video podcast, and not every blog post should use AI images.