If you're talking about Artbreeder, it's AI. Always has been. Waifu Labs (where my pfp comes from) is also another AI generator site that has been around before the trend. Both aren't as good as say DALL-E or Chat GPT especially when it comes to the usual tells of AI (hands and eyes). Though I disagree with using Picrew, 99% of the image makers there forbid using it for non-personal use. Using Picrew would be putting yourself in the same problem as using AI when it comes to artists.
I for one, don't mind AI as long as it's being used as a tool. I've used AI to rewrite a couple paragraphs to be more descriptive or emotional in my writing. AI makes the tedious parts of writing and drawing easier. Stuck in a block? Use AI to generate potential ideas based on where your story is heading.
However, using it to generate entire works and trying to sell them as is is pretty ****ing scummy. The problem is, people hear AI use and tend to jump to the worst possible scenario. The AI I use barely works unless you write about 500 words to properly train it. There's also the argument of privacy and data but I believe that if you don't want your stuff ending up in some bot somewhere, don't post it on the internet. Posting it on the Internet, especially social media comes with the acknowledgement that you're putting in up in a place where it's easily leaked or accessed without your consent. 'If something is for free that means that you're the product' is pretty much something people need to remember with social media. The climate argument is *** though, a 12 year old with basic knowledge of the water cycle could refute it. People are just using climate change as some sort of moral panic and not an actual problem at has very little to do with computers and servers.
