[synapticpaint]

I don't think that AI image generation in its current form replaces human creativity. You still need a human to guide the process, compose the image, judge the output, etc. What's being automated is the manual, traditional process of painting and drawing.

I see this technology as more analogous to hand writing books -> printing. I predict that more people, not less, will be involved in creative industries related to visual arts (design, film, illustration, animation, etc.) as a result of this technology becoming more accessible.

[JoeAltmaier]

That's skipping over all the skill and training needed to draw, well, what most of us are unable to draw.

We can all write words with a pencil. That's not the same as drawing an original character or scene with skill.

[UncleEntity]

The photography industry would like to have a word with you.

Or all the (now dead) people who were saying the same things about photography.