I say this to all the artists who attack the very existence of AI. The cat's out of the bag already, we're either going to move with the times or they will keep moving without us, as they always have.
Why should AI artists be content with having their work stolen from them? It would be one thing if they simply got out-competed; but AI necessarily involves stealing their labour to get there!
Some “AI artists” even specify the name of a real life artist in their prompts.
