It’s also not so much an issue of opening up access to creating art to the masses vs how this is making art. The ai is limited to what’s being fed into it, which is other artists work. I consider ai art the same as someone tracing a bunch of images and compiling them together. It’s cool but it is limited. And unfortunately those who do not understand what goes into creating new and unique art will not understand why the concept artist is charging so much more than the ai company.

Mass Manufacturing of plates and cups did not destroy the profession of the potter completely. But it did make buying hand made plates and cups significantly more expensive with way less people doing the craft.