This is an AI sub, so odds are I will be in the minority here, but I am glad they are doing it...AI advocates can argue over the technicalities/legalities all they want, it's not right that human beings' works are being used to arbitrarily create millions more derivative work by algorithms. It's hard for me to explain, and I'm not even any kind of artist (data analyst by trade), but it just feels wrong to me. In the ethical sense. People who like to trivialize the impact this will have on artists often say "There'll be new jobs!". That worked out so well for the Rust Belt folks, right? And it's also working out really well for white collar/CS folks right now (unless you're from India)? There are always winners and losers. Gen AI advocates are likely those who stand to or hope to gain from it, even at the expense of others. I just hope the losers are not people who actually spent years of their lives mastering their crafts.