this is the same argument against the printing press, photography, home printers, youtube, etc

it is a bad argument. more accessible tools consistently lead to more creation in a positive way

There is a fundamental difference between those technologies and generative AI. I ask again: what stops companies from creating literally dozens, hundreds or thousands of copies of any creative work you publish? Why shouldn't they create AI artists that copy small artists in a "legally distinct" manner, and at a volume that drowns them out?

As these models get better and better, the only limiting factor is the available compute. Meanwhile data centers are being built like there's no tomorrow.