Thanks for the feedback — I am a much better writer than I am a visual artist so I don’t use AI to generate the words.
I do spend a surprising-to-me amount of time on the images so I’m a little disappointed that they are still “slop,” unless all AI generated images are slop by definition.
In any event, if you have suggestions for better ways to create or find images for these posts I would welcome them.
The images are useful for sharing links on social media and so that each post has a distinct appearance on the front page for those who come to that.
For the podcast posts I use a variation on the podcast logo for each one, though I use AI to make the variations so I don’t know if James’s objection applies to those too.
It’s helpful to give the posts some kind of visually distinct thumbnails, but I’m open to other suggestions about how to do it. As you all know, marketing has never been my strong suit.
AI slop images undermine the credibility of the words they accompany, because they make readers wonder whether you used generative AI for them, too.
Thanks for the feedback — I am a much better writer than I am a visual artist so I don’t use AI to generate the words.
I do spend a surprising-to-me amount of time on the images so I’m a little disappointed that they are still “slop,” unless all AI generated images are slop by definition.
In any event, if you have suggestions for better ways to create or find images for these posts I would welcome them.
Why not skip the image entirely, or if you must have one, use your logo?
This is a blog about legal affairs. One hopes your readers are not relying on a pretty picture each week to decide if they should read further.
The images are useful for sharing links on social media and so that each post has a distinct appearance on the front page for those who come to that.
For the podcast posts I use a variation on the podcast logo for each one, though I use AI to make the variations so I don’t know if James’s objection applies to those too.
It’s helpful to give the posts some kind of visually distinct thumbnails, but I’m open to other suggestions about how to do it. As you all know, marketing has never been my strong suit.