I think people are being to extreme in their thinking around AI art.
Yes, it's legal to learn from and imitate art styles.
Sure, AI doing the same thing is the same thing.
But if I actually copy someone's IP (e.g. characters), I am infringing. You can do that with AI. And if anything, it's easier to accidentally infringe due to how the AI works. So I think AI will end up coming with more required diligence.
This doesn't even touch on how art will still be driven by taste and skill. No matter how much tech types wish art wasn't actually a skill (is it out of envy? idk. But there's a strong HN voice acting like art skill isn't actual skill).
Yes, it's legal to learn from and imitate art styles.
Sure, AI doing the same thing is the same thing.
But if I actually copy someone's IP (e.g. characters), I am infringing. You can do that with AI. And if anything, it's easier to accidentally infringe due to how the AI works. So I think AI will end up coming with more required diligence.
This doesn't even touch on how art will still be driven by taste and skill. No matter how much tech types wish art wasn't actually a skill (is it out of envy? idk. But there's a strong HN voice acting like art skill isn't actual skill).