It's not stealing, it's an accepted way of creating something new.
Like any other art form, it depends on how much the artist puts into it whether or not they will be successful. Even with the technology available to allow anyone to create art, effort still shines through.
I know of one very good author who spends at least 90 minutes on her text generated AI images, tweaking them to just what she pictures. This is in addition to the actual content of the post!
Hopefully just like photography, modern art, and short form posts such as Zapfic we will be kind, and give support when and where it's deserved. While not awarding like $30 to someone who only put in five minutes of effort on the whole thing.
we may end up having to fork hive for pro AI generated images and content, i bet that hive fork would end up winning out
Why would we fork Hive over something like that???
!PIZZA