Yes AI should get paid less for each image. And this will happen anyway. Already it cannot be copywritten.

But A.I. is not photography. At best it is digital artwork and the creator isn't buying a paint brush and paints and using talent to create a painting. Just typing a sentence and pressing go.

And the legal cases that are coming regarding A.I. are going to be rather painful. So yeah real photography should get more simply because it's called "Stock Photography". Selling A.i. images isn't anything but the work of an algorithm. I can see the A.i. owners suddenly appropriating all of your digital imagery as their property.

if you think this you most likely don't produce AI content,because if you try to do,you would see that it is not that simple to produce AI content as it seems,especially content that sells.

I also make AI content,but I'm giving priority to real content,because there is too much competition in AI content.

regarding the legal cases,in my opinion it's just smoke and mirrors,nothing concrete will happen that could worry us contributors,but rather AI platforms built in an unethical way can risk something,like MIdjourney,who in the meantime will have earned enough money to be able to pay any legal consequences,it was a calculated risk on their part.

in my opinion the AI ​​built in the most ethical and correct way possible is Firefly.

so back on topic,absolutely not.