At the end of the day, it is the art that matters, not how it’s made. Being “influenced” is not copying. Plagiarism remains plagiarism. Most people complaining about AI in art, including writing, aren’t really talking about technology in art, they’re talking about how they’re personally threatened. What’s the most talked about aspect of Holbein’s Ambassadors, painted in 1525? The skull, a fundamentally technological achievement.