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> That is my maybe my main issue with the AI art bots, do the artists who work with them even feel vulnerable about their work?

Sometimes, yes. John Q Nerd playing around with it might not, but the "good AI artists" I follow on Twitter certainly do.

> Can artistic sincerity and enthusiasm exist in AI art?

Unequivocally yes.

> Do AI artists feel the literally metaphysical stakes of what they are doing like Van Gogh did?

Some of them seem to, though I dunno precisely what Van Gogh felt so I guess I'm not sure.

> Is it all just different campaign posters for the cause of legitimizing itself as "real" art?

Not sure where you find this stuff, but it sounds really boring. Certainly not all of it is.

Your unsolicited advice falls flat (to me), sorry. My unsolicited advice to you would be to psychologize less.

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Sorry as well! Thanks for answering all my parenthetical rhetorical questions, definitely shows your not too defensive or anything about this stuff we are all, honestly, still navigating.

But I really really do wish you the best with this stuff, the future is bright and interesting either way for art!