::dramatic sigh:: obviously "AI" art is extremely problematic, I just wince whenever I see this kind of framing. (See previously)
Photography as a medium is I think more than usually plagued with insecurities related to perceived legitimacy, which in turn leads to weird micro-puritanisms about what makes photography more or less "real." These discourses are insufferable and have plagued photography roughly since its inception in one form or another.