I don't envy the position you're in.
I think the decision to ban AI submissions is a good one, but ultimately it's going to create this conflict for some time, maybe a really long time until things stabilize around AI in the broader culture
I hope eventually AI usage does become a taboo, at least in some fields. Creative fields should be for creative humans, not people who can't even publish an article without the help of an LLM
Ok, but we're not talking about all AI usage. We're talking about using AI to process text that we publish for others to read.
There are tons of ways to use AI that don't intersect with that.