Honestly im not gonna lie I'm get pretty annoyed with the "it's just a bit of ai" excuse.
In all honesty i believe that saying they just used this much ai crosses a line,because of how subjective it is and because of how arbitrary the line is. It's just what people feel is enough ai to not be too much and the thing is not everyone feels the same amount of ai is too little so everyone will disagree. There was a new gatcha game and people called it out for ai billboards and many say well "i didn't notice!"or "who gives a shit it's just tiny assets." And i say so when will it be enough? 10 percent ai 12 percent the very subjective standard is the issue because where do we even draw the line between too little and too much? so they go and say the ai haters are just annoying ect.I've been pretty hands off from ai discussions for a few months now just for my own mental health. But i just found it bizarre because this argument is pretty silly honestly.In my humble opinion it's about the principal not just the quantity. And this may not even be completely malicious if they use small amounts in the sense they may not trying to be malicious,but if it isn't kept in check the bar only grows. I can empathize with the people who use small amounts because they probably think they aren't doing harm but still. Also if you are wondering this post is about a gatcha game that came out recently exposed for using some ai assets while for the most part having real artists from what I've heard.