Dread

"Generative AI content is, in essence, a distorted collage of resources that the generator found on the internet —resources produced with the sweat of real people who likely have no idea that their work is being used for someone else’s benefit, and little recourse to fight back.

"AI models, flush with money, are constantly upgrading, and many have reached a point now where their content isn’t so obviously distorted or shockingly hideous in the sense of, say, characters with two irises in each eye or a short story that reads like the most shamelessly grasping LinkedIn post. 

"But even free from those kinds of errors, there remains a mechanized, false quality that separates it from honest work.

"For those who do not easily recognize the explicit distinction, a limited conscious perception does not preclude an unconscious sense of alienation and dread."