I believe the main issue with AI currently is its lack of transparency. I do not see any disclosure on how the AI gathers its data (Though I’d assume they just scrape it from Google or other image sources) and I believe that this is why many of us believe that AI is stealing people’s art. (even though the art can just as easily be stolen with a simple screenshot even without AI, and stolen art being put on t-shirts has been a thing even before the rise of AI, not that it makes AI art theft any less problematic or demoralizing for aspiring artists) Also, the way companies like Google and Meta use AI raises tons of privacy concerns IMO, especially given their track record of stealing user data even before the rise of AI.

Another issue I find with AI art/images is just how spammy they are. Sometimes I search for references to use for drawing (oftentimes various historical armors because I’m a massive nerd) as a hobby, only to be flooded with AI slop, which doesn’t even get the details right pretty much all the time.

I believe that if AI models were primarily open-source (like DeepSeek) and with data voluntarily given by real volunteers, then much of the hate AI is currently receiving will probably dissipate. Also, AI art as it currently exists is soulless as fuck IMO. One of the only successful implementations of AI in creative works I can see so far is probably Neuro-Sama.

Elon: Does Nazi salutes, bullies his transgender daughter, promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories, etc.

Also Elon: How could the left do this???!!!