AI isn't some sort of devil that takes your soul and magically makes your game successful. If you shoehorn AI art into your game without any knowledge of art, you're gonna end up with generic AI art. And if people buy it, then honestly, that's on them.
I think instead of crusading for/against the technology, you should look at what it can/can not do for you and then make a rational decision. For example, I regularly use AI to generate boilerplate. Not because I can't write it myself but because I've done it thousands of times already. On the other hand, I hardly ever use AI when dealing with obscure libs, because it's easier to just read the documentation than trying to debug hallucinations.
I think instead of crusading for/against the technology, you should look at what it can/can not do for you and then make a rational decision. For example, I regularly use AI to generate boilerplate. Not because I can't write it myself but because I've done it thousands of times already. On the other hand, I hardly ever use AI when dealing with obscure libs, because it's easier to just read the documentation than trying to debug hallucinations.