I think you’re arguing about slightly different things. OP said that image generation is useful despite all its shortcomings, and that the shortcomings are easy

I think you’re arguing about slightly different things. OP said that image generation is useful despite all its shortcomings, and that the shortcomings are easy to deal with for humans. OP didn’t argue that the image generation AIs are actually smart. Just that they are useful tech for a variety of use cases.