Generative artificial intelligence tools can now instantly produce images from text prompts.

It's neat tech, but could mean trouble for professional artists.

Yeah, because those AI tools make it really easy to instantly just rip off someone's style.

That's right, generative AI, which is trained on real peoples' work, can end up really hurting the artists that enable its existence.

But some have started fighting back with nifty technical tools of their own.

It turns out that the pixel is mightier than the sword.

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So I have zero talent as a visual artist myself, but it seems like folks in that field have really been feeling the pressure from generative AI.