To be honest, I think we don't even need to look at AI. AI has really opened up more of a lens on what happened before AI came about. As I mentioned, a lot of people use my work as reference and as mood boards. That's the way it's always existed. It's always been like that through the test of time. Every creator is referencing another person's masterwork, artwork or masterpiece. Through that, it informs the way they move in the trajectory of their art form.
For me, personally, if that's the case, I honestly have to continue to create more work. I've got to create new artwork. It empowers me to keep on pushing my artistic envelope, and that's the way the universe is.