AI thrives because there is demand for efficiency but this efficiency is made taboo because the prominent consumers are the expectant sellers to the end consumers that want nothing they bought is near AI. You can count a lot of art patrons flexing their collection of art not made by generative AI but not a lot of people flexing their AI generated bought art. That's why the only way to thrive for those using generative AI when they want to appeal to the wider audience is burying the fact that they use AI.