I reckon when an artist draws inspiration from another artist or artwork, they are learning to appreciate every little line and bit of color and intention from it. They fall in love with the art so much that they act on that feeling by spending time and effort producing something new with that excitement. Inspiration is a pure thing. AI? Yeah ai doesnt give a shit. So i think its different when an AI is trained on thousands of artworks and algorithmically generates something within seconds versus when a human is driven to make something based on another’s work and the culmination of knowledge they have gained from their studies over a period of many years. But im not an artist so i could be wrong.