Dear Mark,
Thanks for sharing the disqualified photo case with me. I'm writing to tell you my opinions in the case.

From my perspective, it's quite bad and dishonest to use AI to generate the work to take part in the competition. Disqualifying photo is a good example for students to truly understand the rules, which makes the competition firmly and just. Only by this way can the original works stand out and gain respect. As for us student, we should view AI as a tool, not a final work and we can make good use of it for ideas. The disqualified photos bring us to think the use of AI which is proper.

Here are my opinion. Looking forward to your reply.

Best wishes,
Li Hua