Agreed on all counts and you have this situation pegged fairly, I’d say. I also happen to be an artist and graphic designer by trade and agree that AI art could absolutely be an amazing tool for artists. We happen to love reference material and those things can spit out some gnarly reference material. It can also be an amazing tool for getting some luls and likes on social media. The issue is that corpos might start using it instead of hiring human beings like me. I’m one of the lucky ones with a fairly secure position in my field, but I know a lot of artists that are very not ok with the new advances in AI art software and are growing concerned for the future.