This feels like back in the day when photo editing and publishing software started getting big. "True artists" would shun anyone using those tools as amateurs.

This feels like back in the day when photo editing and publishing software started getting big. "True artists" would shun anyone using those tools as amateurs. And for the most part they were right. It was mostly used by amateurs to create stuff that didn't look very good. That is where we are with AI art right now. Most of it is garbage created by people who don't know what good art is. But just like back in the day, a few professionals decided to adopt the new tools instead of complain about them. And all of a sudden they were creating good art much faster than their competitors. And then those tools simply became the tools of the trade. This is where AI art is going. It will be a tool in the artists toolbox, just like Photoshop is. A great artist will use AI to do most of the work, and then add their professional taste and talent to make it great. The smart artist is learning how to integrate AI into their workflows. * And I'm including software engineers here as well. The smart engineer is incorporating copilots into their software development workflows.