Maybe the reason we find AI visualizations of ourselves so off-putting is because it accurately illustrates the imagery we perceive ourselves as in our dreams
Hear me out:
We can all probably all agree that oftentimes, it already looks like something straight out of a fever dream, right? And our subconscious being as efficient as it is- doesn’t care to determine the minutiae of things like… the number of fingers a person has, or whether or not their limbs behave appropriately according to locked-down physics.
So maybe it’s that we find it so off-putting because we recognize it, but not from where, and this is bad because unfamiliar familiarity triggers discomfort.
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The term you want is uncanny valley. AI generated images are just a little left of "realistic", not clearly enough "not real" to be perceived as such on first glance but also just barely not "real" enough to pass. That's a space that makes humans uncomfortable.
Perhaps look up Uncanny Valley. It is similar in ways to what you are describing.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/uncanny-valley
I heard you out.
And.... Nah.
The problem with LLMs isn't that they are dumb. it's that they are actually smarter than about 50% of the human population of which OP would seem to be inset.
Pro tip: if you're trying to sound smarter than someone, make sure you know what the words you're using mean.