Calling something slop ignores a key fact: Imagination and direction still matter. A decent AI generated image doesn't just get spat out of the model and go "here you go". You still need a clear vision of what you want. A refinement mindset if you will.
"Slop" at this point has just become a meaningless buzzword. Sad that it has because some of us carry that word with meaning for the actual garbage that is regularly produced with low-effort quality and so on.
There is a difference between low-effort spam from genuine AI-driven concept Art from someone who has a clear vision. If you can't distinguish the two, maybe your understanding of it is the problem.
Either adapt or fall behind. Plenty have, and many haven't. In fact many use a blend of AI and human hand. Hybrid work.
Many creators now currently use AI as a starting point, and it's a good thing that people now have a tool to ease them into a medium. It'll make people's ideas come to life the way they want to with better quality down the line as they learn the skillset.
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Another point: What if a potential client comes to you with a reference that is an AI generated image of what they want you to draw and refine? Are you going to deny customers and potential revenue? Are you going to deny a work because the first frame wasn't "human enough"? Yeah, that'll up your revenue stream.
What you are doing at this point isn't gatekeeping, but preserving your ego.
If people have ideas, and they didn't really have the time to take to learn how to draw themselves, and now have some source of inspiration to make their ideas come to life, what is the issue?
Did I miss anything here?
(Sorry for the twit-longer here. I can't stand ignorance.)
No artistic choice of composition, artstyle, design, lightsource, colors, no creative process, absolutely no feelings put or felt in this picture, and it looks like AI slop.
So, no.