When Tom Riker joins the crew in Western Holodeck

Everyone's complaining about AI taking jobs away from real human beings.

But surely using an AI-generated image here would have prevented his suffering.

He looks more like he's thinking "Really? It got this far? Enough people thought this was a good idea that we're all here doing this photo shoot for the promotional image?"

(I think the only part that looks like he's on the verge of crying is the reflection of the studio lights in his eyes look like extra moisture.)

Using the same lights for shooting objects and people isn't a great idea.