Un/semi related I guess, but I've always found it pretty interesting how brushes are considered artistic, use of PS clone etc tools that "do the job for you" are still considered artistic. But use of SD etc is not artistic at all.
Even faced with the idea of a model trained only on properly sourced works/even only generic photos of the real world, most people _still_ seem to balk at calling it art, or the person who uses such a model an "artist". That's some gatekeeping right there.
Even faced with the idea of a model trained only on properly sourced works/even only generic photos of the real world, most people _still_ seem to balk at calling it art, or the person who uses such a model an "artist". That's some gatekeeping right there.