Quite simply, I will not buy any album that has AI generated artwork on it. If you don't think artists deserve to be paid for their craft, then you don't deserve to be paid either. Simple as that.
I don't understand this either.
What does a rock band (i.e., an artist or collective of artists) using AI to create an album cover have to do with not "think[ing] [that] artists deserve to be paid for their craft"? That's a complete
non sequitur. As has already been mentioned, there are numerous ways that musical artists can avoid paying for album cover art, and most of them have nothing to do with not thinking that visual artists deserve to be paid for their work.
Also, the days when album cover art influenced my buying decisions (one way or the other) are LONG gone.