I get that, and not arguing on the word use for low quality AI products. It fits in the sense that the other meaning that was used before AI hit so hard was "a product of little or no value : rubbish". But like I said, I've seen people use it online now in lieu of actually stating anything worthwhile. It's turned into an autoreply for anything not liked, just like the downvote, which also has been misused all these years now. I've also seen it used on legit images, old and new, just because anything outside the norm or unusual or just not liked gets it because "nothing is real".

Maybe instead of unpopular, it's more of a "the internet sucks now" opinion rant. And I know a big part of that now is the AI embraced by corporate, but it was declining before then too.