How do you rate AI album covers?

First Post December 11, 2025 11:37 PM

Since this is the only music website where we can rate covers, I'm interested in how all the recent AI-generated covers come into play for everyone. Do you rate them in a vacuum, treating it like any other art? Do you dock points for it being AI? Do you simply refuse to rate it altogether? 

Tell me how you generally approach rating AI-created album covers, and feel free to throw in any other thoughts or feelings you have regarding this phenomenon. 

December 12, 2025 12:12 AM

If it looks good, I treat it like any other art. If it's clearly sloppy, I would dock points for it. Sadly, much of the world is so fixated on what's real or not, continuing their "zero tolerance" against AI. That I can understand, but if they see anything that looks even slightly AI, or if something real looks so good it's likely to be AI, those people can be so quick as to sh*t on it and anyone associated with it. That's why websites like YouTube and DeviantArt give you the option to clarify that something isn't AI. It's not just album covers that fall into that trap, but also sometimes the music itself, as well as animated music videos that don't use AI or only use AI as a tool to fix small mistakes. What a shame because no matter how legit videos like this one below are, the comment section can be practically a warzone.