I yearn to find those deep dives. They're rare, so I try to write them all myself :D ... but I am not a typical user of HIVE, I don't think.
Regarding the AI art - I like to try and use my own images, but for me, the words come first, and then finding a picture to try and illustrate that point (be it from my own library - or the stock images available, or the myriad, unknownable depth of "AI") - I will tend to use a combination of whatever my mind deems suitable at a time.
The important thing is reading the words that others say, and reading between the lines, where their writing has enabled such sophistication (or perhaps naivety)