It's not that deep, if someone thinks it's AI it loses value to them. If you're able to utilize AI tools in a way that doesn't make the output look like AI to the average person you'll be fine.

Eventually no one will be able to really tell the difference and all of this will go away (though likely at the expense of more people's livelihoods).

I see that as being partially true. There will be people like Walter Keane that take the art of others and state it is their own work. [0] AI will assist those individuals.

AI will have a home on people's desktops for those that accept it.

Art that has value will not be AI art. Artist like Margaret Keane will continue to be viewed as exceptional along with their works. [1]

Personally, I view AI art as lacking passion and an attempt to short circuit the path to profit / greed. I wish to not fund that circuit.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Keane

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Keane

Well I think we're just describing taste and craft. AI tools will get better, more granular, and become better integrated into the actual workflows of people over time. A good tool shouldn't take over my sense for taste and craft.

It's a good thing people are pushing back against the slop if we want there to be any incentives for AI tools to not be geared towards helping make slop.