Choose
Photographers complain about AI generating photos… then use AI to generate website assets.
Website designers complain about AI generating website assets… then use AI to generate photos.
Each thinks their thing should be protected, while the other is throw-away.
Neither are correct.
Fast-food chains and gourmet restaurants co-exist just fine. Each serving different clientele.
The complainers are usually producing fast-food for fast-food clients while wanting to be paid like a gourmet restaurant.
Choose what you make. Choose who you make it for.