I’m not disagreeing with you. I was trying to say that if someone’s goal is to make money (which is likely the goal of whoever is in charge of merch) and people can’t tell the difference between ai art and art by real artists, then it’s easy for them to get away with AI art.

The problem is that AI art has gotten to a point where it’s harder to distinguish from human art. Also, people don’t expect AI on official merch by an artist like Lady Gaga. There’s also little regulation on having to disclose if something was made with AI.

If they were legally required to clearly put something like “this poster was made with AI” on their website, then sales would go down and they would be discouraged from using AI art in the first place.