I always had this idea in my head about feeding AI garbage it cannot regurgitate into anything useful but not a clue on how to create said garbage. Hopefully tools like this can stop image AI dead in it's tracks.
One cool project for that> https://github.com/jsvine/markovify
(Personally had the most fun outputs when constructing the corpus from technical articles mixed with esoteric babble)
Active defense!
Given that real art is both incredibly cheap to produce and incredibly cheap to distribute I should think those who are so inspired will continue to produce works to inspire us. I mean the advent of printers, cheap prints, and stock images didn't destroy art so why should AI?
Think Alex Grey vs Cameron Gray. Both amazing artists but looking at Cameron's work he clearly is inspired by Alex. Did he steal that? Does he deserve to be shutdown? Maybe he asked permission but is Alex Grey financially burdened by Cameron's existence?
Artists are just mad something can do cool stuff that allows people who haven't spent a decade practicing something to create what their minds imagine.