I don't care if anyone asked or cares about this, but I feel like I should clarify my views since AI is still a pretty debated topic (although not as hotly debated as it was a a few months ago). Especially considering you can find public comments where I expressed views that are pretty much the same as my current ones, but a few small differences. So in short, I didn't give two shits about people creating AI art, but briefly became weary of how AI was being used, and overall I give less of a shit than I did before. While most artists online seemed to view stable diffusion and craiyon as the T-800 coming for their ass, I think a lot of it overall is fear mongering and just people overwhelmed by new technology. I mean I completely understand why artists are scared of "being replaced" but that's just not true? I mean yeah, maybe digital art commissions won't be as popular but that doesn't mean you can't be an artist because you WANT to be. However the demand for hand drawn human made