Oh, I'm no fan of AI art, and do prefer human art. My point isn't to defend AI, it's to condemn this fucker's smarmy attitude. If he can do a good job without AI, by all means, I'm not going to demand he do it the "new" way. Again, human > AI, on principle.

But to act like I should care at all about his "fun," nah, he can go fuck himself. Again, selling his art would be one thing. But that's not what tattoos are, exactly. The customer decides what they want, and the artist should do everything in their power to make it happen. If they can't do it without AI, use AI. If they can get a good result without AI, even better, in my opinion. But I don't care how artistically fulfilled they are, unless it leads to a better product.

TL;DR: This fucker needs to stop whining and do his job.