> Its a skill you build over your whole life, taking the shortcut because

Doesn't this apply to the printing press?

For me the core issue is not that OpenAI can generate some copies if the art, the issue is that some artists can not earn an honest living and that people do not care about artists generally. I wonder how many of the people commenting here have bought themselves art from an artist.

I personally doubt that AI can do a movie similar to studio Ghibli (of which I seen a lot and I love and paid for) and I also wonder how much of the issue here is some corporate profit rather than some poor artists (do you know who owns studio Ghibli without looking?)

It's fine to boycott AI content, but you could also decide to boycott content produced by large corporations for profit.