That's what they said about stock photography until iStock and Shutterstock came along. Then all of a sudden every stay at home mother with a DSLR could upload flower and puppy pictures and the race to the bottom was on. Now people just give away their art on Unsplash hoping you buy something from their portfolio somewhere else. Same with writing. You used to have to go through a publishing house, now with NovelAI and Kindle you can crank out content and publish it relentlessly.

We've seen AI tools change rapidly. Those faces on https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ just keep getting better and better. Eventually many artists will be out of jobs due to AI but can they take your art away? never.