AI's aren't sentient. They can't "steal."
Programmers and institutions select the data with which to train the model. They take art and writing from artists and authors without credit or payment. The software then remixes and mimics what it is given.
Displacing agency by attributing intent to the AI is exactly how people and institutions erase human action in the creation of technology. It also leads to further perceptions of technology as acultural, unbiased, and, in essence, magical.
I keep thinking of Sturgeon's law:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_Law
Which means we are producing automated BS artists. While it is true that this demonstrates human level intelligence, neither do I think that is worth any effort.
Unless you want to spend eternity reading Finnegan's Wake over and over agian.
