Comment by asddubs

I think the reason artists wouldn't like hobbyists doing it either is just that they've been soured on it by corporations. Artists didn't reject AI in its infancy, or things like deepdream. But AI as it stands very clearly is exploitative, and what's more, it's flooded spaces formerly for human art with low quality generic garbage. Having those experiences bleeds over into your feelings about things that don't match the exact definition of the reason you're upset to begin with.