Yes, I am getting tired of it.
The first misconception that I am getting tired of is that diffusion models are stealing, mixing, mashing or collaging art together. They do not, diffusion models create art from noise, and models that train on images learn where the lines and curves go, and what follows which line and which curve. They also learn which words equate to what lines and curves. It is no different than a real artist learning or taking inspiration from someone else's art, just on a bigger scale. The art that is generated is 99.9% unique. It is not some copy-bashing. If you enable previews while using a diffusion model, you can see the process of how AI draws.
The second misconception is that AI art takes no effort or time. I mean yeah sure, it doesn't take the same amount of effort and time compared to traditional art. BUT it does take effort and time. You are never going to get a piece that looks good on your first try. I usually have to generate hundreds of images to get a good one, by changing variables and changing the prompt I gave slightly every time I generate one. It takes effort and time.
The third misconception, AI "art" is not art. If I take a shit on the floor and call it art. It is art. Albeit a shitty art but nonetheless art. Art is subjective and no one can tell someone what is art or not. And to people that say they are not copyrightable, so what? Copyright doesn't decide what is art or not.
The fourth misconception, now that we established that anyone calls whatever shit they want art. Anyone can call themselves an artist. If they decide what they created is art.
Now that I got that out of my system and calmed down. We can say that art is an expression of self. Doesn't matter how that art has been created.
If someone lost their hands or someone that did not born with hands used AI and created art to express themselves. Do you have the gall to call what they created not art and that they are not an artist? That they do not have a right to express themselves as they wish?
Does it change when they have hands but not the time to learn how to draw? Why shouldn't they have a right to express themselves?
You are free to dislike what they are creating, but hating on people that enjoy a newfound way to express themselves is shameful.
We come a long way since the times when photographers were treated as not artists. We don't need to tread back.