Given we live in a period of rampant mis-information and general media ill-literacy, it's difficult for me to imagine this tool being a net-positive for our societies. On the one hand, such tools can be used to generate false images, as the article demonstrates. On the other hand, the existence and widespread availability of such tools will bring much more doubt and skepticism for any photos that challenge one's beliefs or the status quo. Are you trying to show me photographic evidence to prove to me that something is true? Well, now I handwave it away as probably an AI generated image.
Maybe something will break, and the general population will become excellent at citing and verifying sources as a response to rampant fakes. However, given the generally sorry state of news and journalism, and seeing how many people on social media believe that AI slop is real, I'm skeptical.