Gregory's ServerThis is hardly an original insight. Lots of other people are posting this exact advice. But I want to emphasize it because I just passed on linking to a page for like the 10th time this week because it included a big genAI hero image which looked like absolute shit. Scanning the article briefly it actually looked pretty good, it did not read like LLM slop, but it is a reputational risk to link to something that will give readers that immediate negative impression, and it's not worth it.
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@glyph GenAI images are now at the top of most information security blog posts I read, and they're honestly just annoying. The topic or headline drew me in, I want to get on with it and read your post!  @glyph Saw this example of a neat interstitial image that isn't genAI and doesn't require being a skilled illustrator. Parker Molloy used a screengrab from the video that she was discussing, and edited it for visual effect in a really cool way. It takes artistic skill, but not necessarily skill as an illustrator.   |
As a reference, one of the best and most prolific writers that is (relatively) positive about genAI tools has a website that looks like this: https://simonwillison.net . Please observe the amount of genAI art that he is using for punch-ups or hero images