Just going back to basics baby. Artists getting patrons to fund their work, rich bragging about which real artist they fund.
Serious note though, all this AI art panic just sounds like people discovering photoshop can do all the work with none of the physical artist tools. More people won’t be able to support themselves solely through art, which has been happening “checks notes” since art was a thing. Humans will adapt as they usually do.
No way you’re not ruining your makeup with some of those sad scenes