Imagine a camera that uses one AI to transcribe the image the sensor picked up, and then another one to use the transcription to generate the image.

No need to imagine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36139729

Paragraphica is a lensless, sensorless camera that, when you press the shutter, compiles a bunch of data with GPS, location, time of day etc, and feeds it to an image generator to create the image.