Every artist that ever saw another person’s art is “using stolen assets” then. Why is training a meat neural network more valid?

It does empower little guys. It empowers everybody, for good or ill. That’s a what a tool is. I can hammer a nail, I can hammer a nail that shouldn’t be there, or I can hammer a person in the face. Is any of that the hammer’s fault?

I’m working on a game. I’ll be using AI for anything it’s good for. If some people don’t want to play because of that, fine, but AI used properly is a productivity multiplier that cannot be ignored.