I think you mistake the dislike for AI art as a dislike for AI in general. There are some aspects in which I would consider AI to be quite beneficial. But you have to remember, furry art is an important backbone in the fandom and replacing it with AI. AI used to only replicate spaghetti monsters and now it's being used in book covers. When looking at art in itself, not just the furry aspect, you see much more passion and soul put into it by painters who are still to this day praised for their work. What is there to appreciate if no work was put into the piece? What is there to appreciate if a robot is now doing something anyone could've done on their own?
Yeah, AI is pretty sick but I want emotion in my art.
I think you mistake the dislike for AI art as a dislike for AI in general. There are some aspects in which I would consider AI to be quite beneficial. But you have to remember, furry art is an important backbone in the fandom and replacing it with AI. AI used to only replicate spaghetti monsters and now it's being used in book covers. When looking at art in itself, not just the furry aspect, you see much more passion and soul put into it by painters who are still to this day praised for their work. What is there to appreciate if no work was put into the piece? What is there to appreciate if a robot is now doing something anyone could've done on their own?
Yeah, AI is pretty sick but I want emotion in my art.