That's what semi-recent whining about Larian saying they use AI was about.
They just use it to cut some of the boring work and iterate over some ideas, once the idea is in stone actual artist does it.
I don't see the problem because it isn't cutting more artists out of the loop, if anything they get more of the meaningful work
The best quote I've heard about this is: "Replace tasks not jobs".
Use AI to automate the boring shit so you can focus on the stuff that matters.
That throwaway texture that's on one model in the tutorial doesn't need days of focused work, so have the AI whip something up. Now your artist has two extra days for key art that's more visible.
I don't see the problem because it isn't cutting more artists out of the loop, if anything they get more of the meaningful work