Thing is, from a commercial standpoint, who cares? It's an image used to promote a TV show on a social media account. There will be a tiny, loud community of AI haters who make a stink on social media, but the vast majority of people will be oblivious, and the quality issues with the image will have zero bearing on whether anyone watches the show; whereas the fact that the post exists probably WILL drive a few to watch who wouldn't have otherwise.
The fact is we're in a world where algorithms consume more attention than ever. There's more content than ever. We're more sedentary and glued to useless shit on a screen than ever. We consume content like we're pigs, and what do you feed pigs? Slop. I don't like this, and I try to keep my diet as healthy as I can, but it's probably still worse than it was 20 years ago, and most people don't care at all. It's all consumption for the sake of mindless distraction. The slop exists because the demand exists. People will watch the show anyway.
> There will be a tiny, loud community of AI haters who make a stink on social media, but the vast majority of people will be oblivious
Not only oblivious but actively for it; I know many people who even watch fully AI generated content on TikTok or Instagram Reels. In fact, they know it's AI yet still like it, probably because some can look pretty cool or funny.
I actually started listening to AI music unknowingly, and was merely impressed when I later realised it was AI. However, I don't think AI videos have reached that point yet.
What's worth mentioning is that there has always been large quantities of "slop" even with human-generated art; the good stuff has always been a minority.
The fact is we're in a world where algorithms consume more attention than ever. There's more content than ever. We're more sedentary and glued to useless shit on a screen than ever. We consume content like we're pigs, and what do you feed pigs? Slop. I don't like this, and I try to keep my diet as healthy as I can, but it's probably still worse than it was 20 years ago, and most people don't care at all. It's all consumption for the sake of mindless distraction. The slop exists because the demand exists. People will watch the show anyway.