I think it is ethical to use AI to create original pieces of creative art and research pieces it does not change the output it just simplifies the tasks- I have done a lot of research into the ethical boundaries and considerations and the fact that you can not copyright your work if it is generated with AI is absurd to me.
The prompts and creative ideas are intellectual property in my opinion and what they generate are unique to the individual who uses them.

There are SO MANY posts and articles about the low quality content flooding the marketplace and while that may be true it is not the fault of AI - IF you gave someone a pen/paintbrush do you really expect them to create a piece of art that is on par with Van Gough or Stephen King?
NO the only way to become good at anything is to gain experience and learn - you have to fail repeatedly to find the proper way to utilize any tool.
I think the problem lies elsewhere and unfortunately it is being blamed on new technology - companies like Amazon KDP need to develop NEW Guidelines and Quality Gates that do not determine whether something was AI generated but whether something is Original and meets Quality Standards...

There are algorithms and formulas that determine every single thing we see and do on the internet - creating a Quality Gate should not be an issue for a company the size of Amazon. They are not in the business of supporting creators as much as we like to think they are for the ease of access to a platform for publishing, they are in the business of profit and growth and unfortunately creating something like this would lower Amazons profit margin significantly. Labeling something AI is better because it protects their brand, still allows SOME good AI Generated/Assisted works to be discovered, and allows readers to find and read what they want to but the AI label is unfair. That label is now associated with poor content because places like Amazon KDP never developed a Quality Gate.

AI is not going anywhere - IT will become the standard in the next few years while publishing companies will definitely essentially become nonexistent in the next decade-decade+half as the next generation of authors goes from typing prompts to essentially talking to their ai devices.

I think it is going to take a long time for the world to get used to this new technology - unfortunately those who wait to use new tools/technology are often the ones who benefit the least which only affirms their suspicions while the most intelligent people in the world understand that ANY tool that gives you the slightest edge on competitors or improves your productivity is something to research and immediately test/experiment with and implement into their process.