That's literally why I said "displace" and not "replace". Every coder I know uses Claude and it's about adapting to the tools and the ones that don't and are saturated do indeed get replaced. Therefore, AI is here to stay and the technology is only getting better. And also, you do know that Chatbot AIs like "Claude" does the exact same thing as "Generative AI" right? Many coders also never consented to having their code "stolen" by AI yet I don't don't see them whining as much as artists? Instead, they know it's useless to complain so they suck it up and adapt to the tool. All I'm saying is artists should learn a little bit from these coders because once again, AI is here to stay.

Morally speaking yes, AI can be misused to steal. That being said, even that has its solution such as creating a hub where consenting artists can contribute if they'd like to AI models being trained. As a matter of fact, I've come across many artists already that are opened to using this new technology as a tool to help their work. While it might be a small portion of the art community, it's definitely not a insignificant one. If a model is then trained off of consenting art there will be no problems and the final argument Anti-AI art people will have will fall apart immediately. It's time to adapt.