How things are made has always impacted how we see the quality of an image. The end result is not what people care about it. Art has never been an objective thing and does not live in a vacuum. Any method that is lazily done becomes viewed as poor quality no matter the medium

And in this case it’s extra strong with all the other effects from AI get associated with it as well. So all the job loss, pollution from diesel backup generators, higher energy usage, control of our lives from tech companies, etc.