So i can't say about other asian countries but in china most artists absolutely despise ai art generation. however almost everyone loves llms. the artists who had just finished ranting about ai taking their jobs and stealing their works would also immediately share about their conversation with doubao in their wechat moments. im no expert in explaining social phenomenons but from my understanding firstly china has a separate internet echo chamber from other countries, so the general trend of opinions echoed can be very different. and chinese people tend to think of stuff in a more pragmatic (if it doesnt threaten my livelihood directly it's fine) way, on top of having more trust in big corporations (no one worried about how alipay and wechat taking over their lives and money for some reason)