@pettter @whvholst @rysiek But that's the same way humans learn, isn't it? Learning is not the same as stealing! These AI art bots aren't reproducing anyone's work, they're generating *original* images from the machine equivalent of their 'imaginations', and combining elements in novel ways.
It's a concern that the hard work of human artists may be devalued by making it trivially easy for those with no talent, training or artistic background, to get similar results. Sure. Artists struggle enough to make a living without competition from AI. But looking at a piece of art and getting ideas from it, doesn't infringe any copyright laws.