The Conflict Between Generative Art and AI

A generative artist describes discovering that people used LLMs to recreate his own algorithm with startling accuracy, raising the question of what advantage remains when anyone with a $20 LLM subscription can clone his portfolio. He recounts artist Mannay, who spent a year on a project only to see it vibe coded "in 20 minutes by Sonnet," and sets out his own boundary: coding is art, so his work is authored by him, not agents.