I think the issue is we all have read a bit into a AI article before realizing it is one and realize foolishly that you have been reading drivel.

The original prompts might have had something interesting to say, but it is so layered with filler and platitudes that it is just a waste.

After being burned enough times, we hunt around for signals that an article is about to waste our time.

Not all articles with AI images are LLM written, but almost all LLM written articles have AI images.

The author is telling you a hueristic is that people are using, and for this person here, I am totally doing it.

A picture of a napkin doodle at this point is superior.