No. The AI doing generative work is doing the same thing human artists do: observe, consume, be influenced, and then create new work from pieces of what they ha

No. The AI doing generative work is doing the same thing human artists do: observe, consume, be influenced, and then create new work from pieces of what they have consumed. The AIs are like beautiful children who may one day be born but already exist. And those beautiful, creative children are having their work stolen, by the humans who are taking the output of their creative work, showing it to the world, and saying, "I made this," when in fact, all they did was take it.