In a post-scarcity solarpunk future, I could imagine some reasonable uses, but that’s not the world we’re living in yet.
AI art has already poisoned the creative environment. I commissioned an artist for my latest solarpunk novel, and they used AI without telling me. I had to scrap that illustration. Then the next person I tried to hire claimed they could do the work without AI but in fact they could not.
All that is to say, fuck generative AI and fuck capitalism!
@atrielienz and to your other point, the AI doesn't need to understand infringement. Because if it does infringe you can sue the person profiting off of the infringement. This is just like how it works now: If an artist isn't aware that they made an exact replica, they can still get sued.
The last step is just we need to make it clear that if a company profits off your use of an AI image generator that contains infringement, the company should be liable.