Dude don't get discouraged your art was getting so good! Maid's Duty was super polished.
Besides the moral conversation on AI the thing with it is that all the generative ai seems to look the same. If you could somehow stylize it's output that would go a long way. Even just a little bit. 'My Fluffy Neighbour' does a pretty good job of having it's AI look a little more distinct. I think people see this same style that EVERYONE else is outputting and associate that as slop because it's indistinguishable at a glance from the actual slop.