Just for clarification.

My standpoint on the issue of generative AI is proportional to the gravity it has to Artists from literally all branches. The database behind AI image, music or writing generators was put together by using a loophole in current copyright laws. Microsoft, Google Apple and Nvidia founded None-Profit Organisations to be able to use everything what is in the Internet for "research" and "analytics".

I think we can agree that this qualifies as a scam. As far as I know, scamming is an illegal act. 

If I would use an AI generator who is based upon stolen data, I'm participating in a crime. That's the main reason why I refuse to use this "Tool".

One word of warning to the people who use AI generators as a tool for their creative process. AI was first trained on data from the Internet, to create the puzzle pieces you are playing with right now. The next step is that your usage of that tool trains AI on what you want to create and what you do to accomplish that task. AI is basically learning the decision process an artist is running through to get to a specific result, during the artist is using  the AI tool. The final step in this development is an AI generator who works on its own, without any human interactions. It knows what you like to see, hear and read, down to an individual level. Sure, it will create a bunch of crap, but it is working 24/7/365 and it is working fast. At that point, you aren't an artist anymore, you are a consumer. Do you find that prospect desirable? To me the answer is...No!

I really don't care if someone sees this standpoint as radical, extremist or religious.  It's based on facts and a basic understanding of human behavior.

BB