Some thoughts.
I've been experimenting with AI images on Ideogram for several months now. The results have been interesting.
It's been fun being able to actually turn some of my mental images into real images. And even though Ideogram has plenty of limitations, I've been happy with a good number of images I've generated.
But there are issues. For one thing, the Uncanny Valley effect is still very real (I've only been making photographic-style images, since I don't like to make things that look drawn when I can't draw), and the creeped-out feeling has grown the more images I make. For another, there's a lack of intentionality about the images I've made that makes them, in some ways, unsatisfying to me. Ideogram does know what tickling is, but you have to push it to actually show it, and even when it works it takes many tries and a lot of misses. So any tickling contact in your images is almost accidental, even if the image looks good - it wasn't made as a whole scene like a real drawing or photograph. I'm sure that doesn't bother everybody, but it leaves me feeling that my own images are rather hollow.
So that's where I am now. I'm taking a break from making AI images. I'm sure I will make more, but it's hard to see the problems I described disappearing any time soon.