Dude, did you even read the article I linked? You train your AI models on databases of your OWN ART. That’s literally the only way it works properly. Otherwise it would just be a mishmash of different styles that don’t fit whatever it is you’re trying to do.

Even the point you’re trying to make doesn’t make sense, and it’s being addressed in the exact same article:

“Smith agrees with all artists who don’t want their work to be used for training different AI tools. At the same time, he thinks that we should be prepared that lawyers will argue that the process of AI training is similar to how real artists learn from other people’s work.”

He then compared the AI to the bombs activated by Ozymandias at the end of Watchmen. This has already happened, and artists now should realize how to deal with the outcome.

of a tool it can be in ideation and pre-production, as well as inspiration and other things. It also already has your data. Moving your images to another site isn’t going to stop the scrape. Nothing will until laws are passed and enforced. ArtStation knows this.

— Ryan James Smith (@OverdrawXYZ) December 18, 2022

That’s why Smith thinks that artists should learn how to use AI as soon as possible. “It is a tool just like anything else, and when time = money, knowing how to effectively use powerful tools will make you a showstopper in this industry,” he noted. “And having the added bonus of being able to actually art direct these things will make you more powerful, not obsolete.”

All art is derivative. Pandora’s box is open. Either learn to leverage it in creative ways or get left behind. That’s the unfortunate reality.