A person I follow on Bluesky made me aware of a good point: before "AI art" became what it is now (i.e. poor copies of the internet's common denominator), the procedurally generated images were very surreal, dream-like and unsettling in their own particular way. They evoked emotions that were not that easy to replicate elsewhere. Which means they had a value of their own. Also, their origin was obvious and it felt, you know, honest.