i have to be honest, people insisting that ai art is not real art did a HUGE disservice leading people to bark up the wrong tree about this shit. i don't hate ai art because its "not real art" i hate it because its a testament to the way capitalism continues to squash humans into little isolated boxes so that they can focus on "real" work more. even regardless of that, its like were slobbering and spitting trying to argue if a deviantart user making model bases is proper art or just a tool, completely glossing over the fact that this supposed user has been doing this by tracing other peoples artworks