I actually don't think nostr devs realise how bad it looks when they use ai art. I think they assume a user will think 'ah yes, this dev's primary skill and concern is coding, these AI images are merely placeholder images'.

What a lot of people will think is, (after their initial gut reaction of 🤮 'guk AI slop') is that it is symptomatic of the kind of user already present and the kind of user they wish to attract. And that is pretty bad as AI art is mostly associated with scams targeting the most gullible.