> I think it'll start by removing the need for editorial illustration and photography for a lot of blogs and websites, starting with the less reputable ones.

Stock photo sites and Google Images and basic graphic filters did that a long time ago. Sure, DALL-E has certain creative possibilities that those don't, and the niches like satirical memes or "first pass" concepts in agency brainstorming meetings where it could be absolutely revolutionary tend to not be deliverables the creators get paid for. The publications giving illustrators a reliable income are usually after their consistent style, fantasy world coherence or novel ideas which isn't exactly where DALL-E shines.

DALL-E is the writing on the wall for those with a competing talent to start looking for other (non-art) work they may want to do in the future. It would be an egregious error to think that AI art programs are some new tool to learn akin to photoshop. Maybe that will hold true for a few years at best.

There will come a point, much sooner than later, where the value in typing prompts into an AI is going to only be worth minimum wage.

Substitute "the camera" (and perhaps even more "the gramophone") for "DALL-E" and "AI art programs", and the 19th century wants its argument against the future of creative media back.

Cameras require skill to use. AI does not. You can just ask it to generate a skilled photograph. The AI completely fills the gaps that previous tech left for humans.