I do see quite a few people having something along the lines of "AI Artist" in their bio whenever im on my way of blocking them, but there is probably less reason to argue about that.
For me its by the way also less the slopification of the web that I dislike about AI the most and not even the environmental cost (though its definitely up there), but just the implications it has on the education system. I think it has an even slower burn there, but maybe thats just because we already had a headstart in destroying our planet.
It accelerates learning by skipping over the most crucial part, the thinking part. Things like the scantron on the other hand accelerates it by skipping tedious parts where there was almost no thinking to begin with.
And yes, while calculators might also skip some of that, its in my opinion not comparable as you still need to understand how to get to the solution when using an calculator.