I'm just so fucking disappointed that so many people can't see what AI image generators actually are - A tool invented for exploitation. Which is a point that gets lost over and over again in these AI discussions, which is exactly why AI will win. I can't tell if people that are pro-AI are aware why these AI image generators work in the first place, I suspect most don't. It's because they have scraped art that artist's have shared online, without their consent. (And the fact that it was posted in a public space does not fucking justify theft. If you went outside and had your wallet stolen, I bet your attitude wouldn't be "well lol darn, that's okay though becuase I was in a public space".) And these fucking nihilist fuck boys that never grew out of their 15 year old edge phase that argue that "AI learns or get inspiration just like humans do, so it's fine" are so damn anti-human. They show more humanity and empathy for this damn image algorithm then the actual real people being