Alternatively, it creates the oppertunity for research into different art styles, such as the ControlNet optical illusion spirals that went viral on Twitter/X last week: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/dream...

Those spirals got backlash for being "too easy to do", but others have done more creative things with the same technology: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/15wdoqa/be...

That's the importance of accessibility, and has happened all the time in art history (e.g. photography did not kill painting on a canvas)