To me, the AI art debate is quality vs. quantity. We can get quality art from artists who work and try hard, as well as give something that can show personality and humor, versus AI art which is just an image but doesn't try to convey much feeling/humor/etc.
We can yeah have something that can generate thousands of images quick and easy but as many say they would look off and not carry personality.
I will admit as flawed as an artist's style can be, I prefer interacting and getting feedback about what can work, what can't and how to improve on something, even if I have to wait a bit, I prefer human artists creating over using AI.