Hey guys! It has become hard to ignore this topic as an artist myself and I believe I should share my standpoint about AI image generation. I am not open for discussion about this topic. It is important to me that the people who visit my account are well informed about what they can find here and that they do not have to worry about wether my work is manmade or not. Facts: - AI image generation is a tool. The data has been illegally been collected (even my art was used to train it). - AI “art” is plagiarism. AI image generation should be properly monitored and needs strict laws. - It’s here now and we can’t pretend it is not. Personal standpoint on AI image generation: I do NOT support the commercial exploit of AI image generation (both prompters and the companies behind it) due to the illegal way the algorithm has been trained. AI image generation is not art*. You are NOT an AI artist. The concept of “AI art” has no place in the art community. Using AI image generation can