AI art generation has the potential to disrupt the stock image library industry, but it is not necessarily a straightforward threat.

On one hand, AI-generated images can be used to create high-quality, diverse, and unique images quickly and at a lower cost than traditional methods, which could potentially make it more difficult for stock image libraries to compete. However, it’s worth noting that the quality and usefulness of the AI-generated images can vary greatly depending on the algorithm used, the dataset used to train the algorithm, and other factors. Therefore, it’s not guaranteed that AI-generated images will always be superior to the ones provided by stock image libraries.

Additionally, stock image libraries offer not only a wide range of images, but also provide licensing and copyright services, which can be more complicated for AI-generated images.

Overall, while AI-generated images have the potential to disrupt the stock image library industry, it is not a clear-cut threat, and there will likely still be a demand for high-quality, licensed images that are provided by traditional stock image libraries.