It doesn't change the fact that "gets trained off of the work of human artists" is how actual human artists learn their craft. 

As to any actual good, while I've seen a lot of PR about the potential of AI in medicine, science, etc. - ie, the things where there would be real, tangible benefits, notably none of that has come to pass. I suspect this is because AI (in its current form) doesn't really ideate. It's maxing out one core aspect of human evolutionary success: pattern recognition. Great for sorting data, terrible for analyzing it.

I'll be perfectly happy to switch my view on it, since the creep of AI into all corners of human endeavor seems inevitable and I'd rather not be walking around feeling glum about it all the time (there's really so many other things to feel glum about). But I need proof that it is a beneficial tool, and to get that proof it needs a big, irrefutable, and applicable win.

I had to spend about 45 minutes going through the photos on my phone on the off chance I had a picture of my old license. This following an 8 hour flight in which I had slept 45 minutes, and ahead of a looming 5 hour drive, was not what I’d call a “fun” situation.

If I’d had the soon-to-be-released Siri AI on my phone, I could’ve asked Siri to search my photos for a pic of my license, and we would’ve had a much faster - and less stressful - process to get the car. That is the kind of AI I want, and am extremely supportive of. But I’m not a fan of people using AI to avoid having to hire a human creative, or of using AI to do things in place of actions that stimulate our own thinking.