I think the general consensus over AI remains negative. I see more and more people these days speaking out at how poor things like Google Images and Pinterest now are due to AI running rampant. And whenever a game company does throw out something AI people are quick to make an uproar over it and it gets pulled.

The definitive problem here is the difference between corporate greed and creativity. Consumers like creativity. They like seeing something that gives them an emotional reaction and having a person to attach that to. It's why Magic The Gathering credits its artists on the cards. People want to see the artist and those artists have followings which then serves as marketing for the product itself.

With creativity and effort comes a price. People perceive value based on effort and skill. If there's neither then the consumer feels nothing and perceived value is a rightful 0. Why would the consumer spend their hard-earned money on something that was produced with zero hard-earned skill or effort?