@Gargron I remember film photographers saying the same thing about digital.
Then when digital became the preferred art form of photography, they all said the same thing about photoshop and digital manipulation.
It’s interesting to behold this cycle of fear about new technology somehow invalidating the status quo, but it doesn’t. Film is still art. Digital is still art. Photoshopping and digital tweaking is the gold standard now.
AI has a place in the arts, it just makes you uncomfortable.