That gotta be one of the shittiest renderings of the Blood Devil that I've seen. And I'm not even talking about the 12 toes.
On-topic: I think that the impact of image-generating models will be smaller than the author predicts. Eventually people will desentivise to them, saying "ah, this is probably AI-generated". Having someone generate a picture of you through an AI model will feel less and less disturbing.
Eventually people will desentivise to them, saying "ah, this is probably AI-generated".
I suspect it'll be more along the lines of "any image that challenges my world view is AI generated, but any image that confirms my biases is undoubtedly real."
I mean realistic porn based on RL people. I predict that, in the future, if you see some potential nude of an acquaintance or relative you'll immediately think "ah, this is likely AI-generated" and ignore it, without much of a thought. While now you'd probably think that it's real, you know?
Manual image manipulation has already existed for quite a while. Ten years ago you could also just dismiss anything that doesn't confirm to your biases as photoshopped.