I just think that given the emerging tools of image generation, if a traditional artist, eschewing a kneejerk response to the topic, were to put their mind into learning it thoroughly, could only improve their art, by exploring visions of what their art *almost* was/could have been/could still become.
I draw with pen and pencil and pixel art with mouse. Image generation gives me a huge boner. It is like a magic spell, it is just fucking fantastic!
This can only allow me to realize my visions more clearly, and I am glad to be able to examine my own ideas through a heretofore INACCESSIBLE method.
(2005 unfinished R'lyeh Pixel Art; adjusted 2025 via Seedream 4.0)