I completely agree on pretty much the whole sweep of this. AI just exposes another way in which copyright law is insufficient for the digital age.

On a personal note, a couple of years ago I tried to use chatgpt to write a story. It was shit so I wrote my own. I've taken up drawing again and want to properly learn digital painting.

In my mind, AI doesn't threaten any of this because the enjoyment I get from these things doesn't depend on selling what I do. Artists have been stereotypically starving for a long time because the innate human desire to create exceeds the desire of people to pay.

Allowing people to satisfy that desire without literally starving should be a societal goal.