Opposition to AI for game assets (or in general) is purely red vs blue political, none of the people who shriek and wail about it are actually expressing an opinion deeper than "we hate right wingers".
It's different because foreigners actually did steal good jobs from normal people, while generative AI just circumvents the existing tranny/furry art cartel that would be charging hundreds of dollars to draw revolting fetish art or ugly garbage.
Opposition to AI for game assets (or in general) is purely red vs blue political, none of the people who shriek and wail about it are actually expressing an opinion deeper than "we hate right wingers".
There's also a healthy dose of "dey took err jerbs!!!"
It's different because foreigners actually did steal good jobs from normal people, while generative AI just circumvents the existing tranny/furry art cartel that would be charging hundreds of dollars to draw revolting fetish art or ugly garbage.