I suppose I misspoke when conflating the two. Honestly I am not tech savvy enough to explain it any better than I already have. I know AI generated work when I see it because most of the AI artists I have seen on DA literally have "AI" somewhere in the profile name or on their works. Feathers and fingers almost never touch. Each victim is shown screaming with laughter despite not being touched. And then in addition to what I have already mentioned, there is a strange kind of "stock footage" look to most of the faces. Like some really off putting, uncanny valley stuff going on.
Honestly, I don't follow many people on DA unless I am friends with them and most are other writers. I have my DA page primarily for advertising my books and taking commissions.
Anyways, that's about all I have to say on the matter. It looks ugly. That's just my opinion. What's that old saying? "I don't know if it's art, but I like it"? The opposite just applies here for me.
"Looking ugly" is more of a poster's responsibility, than an actual fault with AI generation - although there is an uncanny quality with some AI generated art.
We have seen a deluge of AI art, and not all of it was carefully curated, or fixed post creation.
Also, most of it comes from the same generator, Bing Creator, which has some very strict restrictions on even remotely adult stuff.
You'll seldom see fingers touching the main character, let alone feathers - which the generator seems to struggle with.
But that's a fault with Bing, rather than a fault with AI as a whole itself.
There are more complex generators, which have a steeper learning curve.
But even Bing, as simple as it might seem, must be weaned to fetish contents, so it won't raise a red flag and block requests outright.
Usually you won't get consistently decent results from the get go by simply entering: "woman tickled on feet".
Also, Bing is very temperamental; restrictions and results do vary a lot, from day to day, and even from hour to hour.
What you posted, "AI art looks ugly" is akin to say: "all beer tastes like piss".
Sure, you could say it, but more savvy people might object to it and call it a gross simplification.
Besides, you side stepped my question.
I find it interesting that you won't name your favorite drawing/painting artists.
But you noticed AI generated art and blocked it.