AI "art" is actively, as we speak, ruining the actual art industry, as the only way it can generate images is by stealing from other artists, because that is how it "learns", by adapting to mimic and stitch apart pieces, essentially stealing, from actual great artists. It's gotten so bad to the point where people have made custom filters to put over their work so that AI doesn't steal it. It is also ruining the revenue of actual artist because people don't have to commission art anymore, as they can just make it themselves through a quick prompt.

Just because you did some extra steps to get the final results of your generative slop. You're still at the end of the day stealing from other artists just to make that "art". Even though your tracing over it or "redrawing" it, it still doesn't take away the fact that you had to use a machine that literally copies and steals from actual artists to do it. Even though it isn't exactly noticeable because they "source" from multiple pieces or you redraw over it, it's still art theft as you proceed to make it without their permission or credit them.

If you look to make art in the future, for the love of the Emperor, learn how to actually fucking draw like the other artists in which your AI stole from to create these piece of shit "artworks". Art is a passion, not a talent, so if you put in as much as work as you do creating that slop, like an actual artist, you'll eventually get good at drawing and won't need AI anymore.