There are a lot of artists that hate AI and hate that it is trained on their work, and this is understandable. But it's becoming apparent that a not insignificant segment of the "antis" are actually comprised of non-artists who enjoy the messaging.

If you follow Twitter drama or r/ArtistHate and r/AIWars, you'll see that a number of non-artists are stirring up anti-AI drama and gatekeeping a community they don't even belong to (yet). It's wild to see. They've been caught using AI to create art, then using AI to rip off that art with sock puppets, then posting complaints about it.

On the flip side, I've met a lot of VFX artists that are using Comfy on the regular now as a part of their process. They love it.

A lot of this "no-AI" marketing is catering to this "anti" movement. I suspect they wouldn't want software with "no algorithms", though. And as more artists come to use AI in their work, I believe that's where the argument will shift: that generative AI is just another tool in the artist's tool box.