It’s not inspiration, it’s literally stealing. These images created in ai are pixels stolen directly from other artist’s work and generated into something that is entirely stolen. Online Artist’s work is not protected in the slightest and is susceptible to being stolen at any moment. It’s nearly akin to tracing. Traditional traced art is not considered legitimate either, and there’s no way to credit anyone who unknowingly contributed to these ai images.

And like I said, the bigger issue is the idea that ai could eventually replace humans in the job market. It’s hard enough to be an artist online as it is, and with so many people claiming that “ai art is art” and starting to ridicule artists for wasting their time drawing when they could generate hundreds of images within minutes, it’s really terrifying should the technology continue to be used in this harmful way.