I had a very different reaction. I had the sense this was an art world person (student or otherwise) who wasn’t technical enough to make it interesting. Many computer generated art projects are much more dynamic and produce much more passable art (https://ml.berkeley.edu/blog/posts/clip-art/). That said, I think I would have to agree with other comments here, I don’t think any deep conclusions could be drawn from these results. For starters the artworks are really repetitive and i would guess it biases respondents quickly toward the negative.
$10,000? Really? It always shocks me how cheap people are. You would think that if any actual adversary wanted information they believed would be helpful in replicating or attacking a nuclear submarine, the price tag they would be willing to pay would be much higher. The guy and his wife are both idiots and they are undoubtedly facing severe consequences. Let’s all hope they never had the opportunity to have children.