Training data can be used "regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal sites or otherwise."
I sympathize with artists too, but to a point. I predict that:
AI art will overtake human art eventually; that is human art jobs will be mostly replaced. Day to day art (e.g. ads, illustrations, decorations, billboards etc) will likely be AI generated.
Human art will become something akin to a home cooked meal in a sea of fast food art. This might actually make some artists famous and rich.
Humans will continue to learn art, but more as a pastime/hobby/mental exercise.
For point 2 and 3 art is too expensive and time consuming to learn. I feel a lot of people extremely underestimate the time and cost that people have to bring up to become decent artists.
I sympathize with artists too, but to a point. I predict that:
For point 2 and 3 art is too expensive and time consuming to learn. I feel a lot of people extremely underestimate the time and cost that people have to bring up to become decent artists.