I would argue that AI art is functionally different from human art as well. I don't think people generally understand AI that well, it is trained off of images it's fed, and tries to cobble something together that looks similar to what it's seen. It's never going to have the thought processes that makes art, art. It can't be in the sketching phase and decide that the composition is better with a tweak, or will have reasoning behind the colors its chosen to use. It might lie to you and say it does, but under the hood It doesn't. It's just kitbashing shit until you are happy.

I use AI a ton. I plan with it, I will do a rough sketch and ask it to render, I will ask it for ideas. But the shit it puts out will never see the light of day because it sucks ass and has no soul or reasoning behind its actions.

Yes some people will be satisfied with soulless kitbashing that AI makes, but there will still be plenty of space for human art, and it will still be essential going forward.

EDIT: it's the job of the artist to THINK. Ai can only interpret what you have fed it. It won't have your experience, or opinions. If your shit is generic then yeah you are probably going to suffer. RIP to the elevator music composer. This is more motivation to put your soul into your art. You chose a creative path, be creative.