@thomasfuchs I agree in one sense, but, I mean they kinda are, though, right? At least their jobs are being replaced with shitty AI. The work, the actual quality art, that can't ever be replaced, not by AI or scabs, etc. But the jobs can be, and are.
And under capitalism, where you have to work to survive, and the work is being stolen, that's the differentiator that's at top of mind for a lot of artists who have been "replaced" by shitty AI. That's the definition that matters to them.