I’m so unbothered by this. It’s sad for illustrators (and I say this as somebody with a daughter who dreamt of becoming a concept artist, and now clearly understands this isn’t going to happen) but time marches on.

We don’t have type setters any more. Cars have (largely) replaced horses.

I think the best compromise I’ve heard is: AI generated output hasn’t been made by a human so can’t be copyrighted.