I see AI generated art going down the same path as like mass-produced food products. Unhealthy, low quality, cheap, slop. But people still cook their own food, or go to eat what chefs make no matter how easy it is to buy a fast food meal or a bag of chips. Same way people still like to buy hand crafted items when they can over something made in a factory.

Just like how until recently a lot of people ate fast food without questioning it, but then suddenly a few decades ago a lot more people started caring about the health effects. I think we are in the period now where people don’t think about the consequences of consuming so much AI stuff.