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I saw the other day some real pictures edited using AI (no details were given about what was changed) and what I saw were pictures only comparable to heavy photoshopped pictures. A local photographer making a living would have hard time trying to replicate something like those pictures in his studio. So I could not stop thinking that AI could potentially give a advantages to those that are not good photographers but good using a PC. And that's sad.
I do see a difference between using AI to edit/clean up a photo and using AI to generate a photo. I think using AI for editing is similar to using any tool. Generating an image solely from "text" is a different animal. It is totally a creation, almost similar to a painting. A painting is what an "artist" interprets as to what he/she "sees". Is it "real" ? Is it any different from an AI generated image? Before mirrors were commonly available or even invented(?) people did not know what they looked like, unless they could afford to have their portrait painted. Even then it was/is an interpretation of what the painter thought they looked like, not an exact representation.
AI is not any different from any other advance of technology. Before calculators be able to use a slide rule was a skill allowing a person to do high level math. With the advent of the scientific calculator, there was no more need for a slide rule. Now with SIRI/Google/Alexa , you can just ask for the solution
So yes a "bad" photo can be easily saved with the AI editing. What I see is photo competitions / websites putting in rules/limits on what can be entered/posted. No exif data... no entry or posting. Or perhaps a limit on the amount of AI editing. Like a limit of 30% editing, and has to be calculated by the software. Maybe blockchain on the original image that has to be carried through the editing process. Every-time it is edited the blockchain contains that data.