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DALL-E has that quality, yes - I did a project where I tried to recreate my own photographs with DALL-E, which shows both its potential and limitations right now: https://twitter.com/fabianstelzer/status/1551663900776595461

(obviously ignoring the potential to conjure things you cannot photograph...)

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And I suspect this points out one of the more common future uses of the tool. Not replacing photographers per se, but certainly taking a large chunk out of the already shrinking Stock Image market. If instead of having to find a stock image that I can use as the base for my work (usually with at least SOME tweaking) I can just describe what I'm actually trying for as a final product...

I'm not going to be getting rid of my Sony A7riv anytime soon, but this certainly would discourage me from trying to increase my library at Getty

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