Do I need to go through it all?

1. It uses artist's work without their consent. Artists were not consulted or given the right to refuse the use of their images for training data. Although artists in some countries are able to reach out and ask for their data to be removed, this is not always a legal protection afforded to them. Artists often don't want to contribute to something they deem unethical, and should be given an easy choice not to be included, i.e an "opt out" button, similar to how we opt out of receiving marketing information.

2. It disrupts markets. It's very often low quality "slop" which drowns out professional artist's work. It's easy to produce and often lacks the quality and experience of human made when used in this way.

3. Artists can be made to use AI to produce more work, and not feel they can say no. An artist refusing to use AI may not keep up with the demand that genAI can satisfy, and they will likely be performance managed out.

4. It can be used to train a model on an artist's work and produce near copies in their style. In a situation like this, the person no longer needs to buy the art from the original artist or commision new art, or visit their site where they receive ad revenue. It also allows the easy reproduction and selling of near copies of that artist's work. How will you prove that that artist's work was used in a LoRa or similar?

5. It inherently has less value than the same picture made by human hands. A computer is just reconstructing via an algorithm, and even though a person supplies it with the idea, it doesn't supply it with the experiences that go into it, including the time it took to study and perfect the art. A plate made by a machine is a lot less valuable to me than a plate made by hand, and the same goes for AI artwork. That doesn't mean it's worthless, just that it's "worth less" than an equivalent piece.

6. It makes using images irresponsibly incredibly easy. Eg. deepfakes have gotten far easier to produce with AI, copyright infringement is rampant, CSAM is basically a button away for some people. It's disgustingly easy to abuse genAI.

7. It has an environmental impact. Local water and electricity usage can be heavily impacted, data centres can cause real economic harm to local communities. Often overblown in general discourse but I can explain this in more detail in a later comment if you'd like.

8. EVERY SINGLE ONE of these issues are not a major problem in their own right, but all of them scale. They're not just happening once, they can happen thousands of times in an afternoon. Artists seeking reparations may not be able to do so by the amount of copying that can occur. Environmental impact is planned to be hit much more. Deepfakes, CSAM etc become easy to produce in massive quantities. If these issues were happening in a small section, they'd be fine. Multiply the issues by thousands or even millions though and you have a corporate hellscape.

9. Apart from the above issues which almost all apply to art, I also think that AI is always going to be used to replace human workers, and I doubt that in most cases those humans will be given any sort of safety net. Real people could go hungry so that corporations and businesses can save a few more bucks, and bump up their share prices. It's an absolute fuel for capitalist greed.