My conspiracy theory is that OpenAI makes their generated images easy to recognize so that they can filter them out for learning when scraping pages.

No stable state with a strong currency would ever do that.

Fair.

If something looks, walks, barks and smells like a dog, chances are, it’s a dog.

The world is complicated enough as is, no need to make it more complicated.

Fun fact: While pictures of Mohammed are a no-no for Sunnis (Arabic World), it’s a common thing for Shias (Iran mostly).