I’m so unbothered by this. It’s sad for illustrators (and I say this as somebody with a daughter who dreamt of becoming a concept artist, and now clearly understands this isn’t going to happen) but time marches on.

We don’t have type setters any more. Cars have (largely) replaced horses.

I think the best compromise I’ve heard is: AI generated output hasn’t been made by a human so can’t be copyrighted.

I’m excited. As long as the output is curated. It allows small developers to make really exciting large projects. On a small budget. So we’re going to see a diversity in the creative space.

And this isn’t going to kill artists. We’re going through a evolutionary period, where the source art is going to have some wonderful debate in the copyright scheme. But you still need a source concept in order to generate from.