Why does "unlimited creative power" lead to "everything looks the same"?

[tanstaafl]

So yeah, low effort things look like shit right now with AI Art.

 

[balitz Method]

The simple answer is that AI isn't creative, it's derivative, so it's inevitable that everything looks homogenized.

 

[balitz Method]

I like AI art not as a methodology in itself but as an opportunity for people who otherwise wouldn't have the chance to make games to make them.

It's not ideal in any sense, but it is something that can help solo devs who just don't have the startup money for art assets, yeah. Hopefully someone who has to do that can get some cashflow going and then collaborate with a real artist. Games with AI assets aren't going to shake the smell of slop.