> imagine you put dozens or even hundreds of hours to painstakingly draw a masterpiece (doesn't matter if it actually is but let's pretend for a second) > then suddenly some retard comes along, using your style and similar artists to generate some slop that looks 90% similar but good enough for people who don't understand shit about art that has always been the case though? there was always a distinction between high, meaningful art, and slop for the plebians, long before ai was even considered. like the theatres and gladiator fights in rome.
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