Just because it's on twitter doesn't mean it's true. I think a court setting where things are contemplated in a rigorous and reasoned way has a somewhat better chance of arriving at something resembling the truth.

We've been here before several times: Silhouette painting, Photography, Airbrushing, Pianos, Synthesizers, Sampling, Photoshop, Ray Tracing, and many more. "It's not real art", "they're stealing from us", "we'll go hungry!" .

Some of these are already quite old. For others, I've actually been asked the question back when I was in school: "Are you really making music if your instrument has a microprocessor in it?". Um, yes, yes I claim I am making music thank you very much.

First people complain, then they adapt, and then they end up making awesome art with the new tools and/or instruments. Which isn't to say historically it was all rainbows and roses, but it was never the end of the world either. Seeing the newer generation of AI tools and how the tools end up getting integrated into regular workflows, it seems to be going the same direction.

To quote the song, I think it's "all just little bits of history repeating".