yeah this. the artists i know who are flipping out about potentially losing their livelihoods to AI are people who didn't really have art livelihoods in the first place - that is, people who've maybe done a few short stints at indie studios, but mostly draw people's ocs sucking dicks on twitter for $70 a pop because they're not skilled or creative or efficient enough to do more than that. what they're worried about is a fictional full-time job somewhere impressive being taken away from them in the future they've made up in their head