Information in the abstract, maybe. But it's entirely different to assume ownership of artwork other people produce, either for profit or personal expression. M

Information in the abstract, maybe. But it's entirely different to assume ownership of artwork other people produce, either for profit or personal expression. Maybe I would feel a little differently if all the AI art I see came from a place of earnest artistic expression, but everything is just some kind of scam or another. You aren't going to convince me that honest artists deserve to have their art stolen (often by name) and livelihoods destroyed so that crypto grifters can generate NFT assets a little easier and scummy companies can lay off their art departments. This is a tool that will be used to concentrate wealth and keep the little guy down, pure and simple. And I'm definitely not swayed by the argument from this thread's OP of "I just want to steal everything I've ever seen and not have to do any hard work to create something myself".