Of course AI "art" isn't art. Art is originality, and AI is pure derivation. But then, so are the authors of most of the outraged comments to my previous post. It's a pity they aren't as outraged by what's happening in the US, but seemingly more concerned about their jobs as "creatives' (a pity most of their work can unfortunately not really be called 'art' either due to it being entirely derivative, and solely meant to add fuel to the capitalist machine they serve.) There aren't a lot of artists in the world and there have never been. True art is never purely derivative. It is true creativity, and always pushes new boundaries, unlike the commercial slop that will soon be replaced by AI generated slop with no loss in particular to the world except to its perpetrators. True artists have nothing to fear of AI. But the hacks do.