> I really wonder how some people think of themselves as artists while simultaneously attacking another persons choice of self expression.

Because AI art is not art, and rips off existing artwork in a way that is more than learning from the style and imitating.

Why do you get to proclaim what is and isn't art? It is a topic that has been debated for millennia.

Almost every respected art form today was birthed to cries of "That is not art"