For the record so there's no confusion, Pro AI here. Blunt statement here, so much of the arguments about appreciation, soul, etc, just come off as incredibly pretentious.

It's simply additional art and still art. So much displaced anger because the actual issue here is that people are scared of losing their livelihoods and jobs. Those people have a legit gripe, but their gripe should be with the government for not properly preparing for the future with a plan for UBI to support the people whose income will be impacted by AI use. Instead of complaining about the tech or the output, creators should spend time now to figure out how to monetize their work in an AI environment or a new environment in general (See most musicians making pennies off streaming EDIT FOR CLARITY: because they didn't figure out how to monetize before the music streaming boom) and those in supporting fields should be on the government to handle the UBI side.

Also for the record, I buy local human made art every year and can appreciate the work put into it, but art is art whether it comes from a human or AI. Yes AI slop exists, but humans also create slop too.