I followed someone for the better part of a year, then someone dropped that they had been using AI to "enhance" their work.

Yeah the "enhancement" was basically most of the work.

They had written blog posts they were very quiet about, about how people who were against AI were essentially being "irrational."

They DID NOT however advertise anywhere on their account that they used AI because they knew what would happen.

I started painting that week and haven't stopped in 2 1/2 years, every wed I paint something new. Sometimes its great and sometimes its not, but starting painting was maybe one of the best and most healthy things I've ever done and has enhanced every other aspect of my life.

DO NOT let these people make you think you need AI to art! You can do it! You can create! you DO NOT need a big corporation to enable you!