>> a lot of which is motivated by a sense of unfairness > This is not something I've seen once in any sort of criticism of "AI art" I've actually seen this a l

>> a lot of which is motivated by a sense of unfairness > This is not something I've seen once in any sort of criticism of "AI art" I've actually seen this a lot. In my view, it's not coming from professional artists working in the field. Their concern is more that people are ripping off their style, or that AI is making their efforts unnecessary (e.g. lots of people who made a living by copying the style of particular anime & cartoons for fans, no longer have a purpose since AI can do that given enough source material). Non-professional artists, on the other hand, are still learning and have put a lot of time into their craft and it hasn't paid off yet. They seem to be annoyed that other people are getting results (via AI), without actually having to learn the mechanics of art. AI basically lets your generic art history major produce lots and lots of pieces, because they can describe artwork well enough and know where to find good samples for the AI. The only thing stopping them was mere mechanical inability, not knowledge of the art space.