we are living in the weirdest time ever. this might sound unrelated at first but hold on let me get into it

one time i was out walking with my gf at the park and someone coming down the other way took a picture of us with their fancy camera. young gen zer who didn't ask permission or say anything to us as we passed each other after. i wasn't threatened but it was uncomfortable and if they had asked, i would have said no. but legally, they didn't have to. i would like to think that i own my face, but i don't. there's no expectation of privacy in public, which the definition of has expanded to include everyone and everything online. it's all a commodity, and the way it all gets torn apart and put back together like frankenstein's monster can have some very horrifying results

even before ai art was a big topic there was commercialization of famous art styles filling the pockets of people who have never picked up a brush. can ai art transformative like a starry night esque mug on etsy? i think it definitely depends on what's feeding it, but i also think the cat is very much out of the bag already with all the data available to anyone who can type a search into google images. i wish i was a cat