Why AI art is so controversial

I appreciate that you brought this up however if you're going to speak on it please educate yourself before you do. A question like "isn't it the same as what artists do?" is proof of ignorance. It's not. Ais have a problem with copying whatever was fed to them, they often produce results that look like a cheap copy of the original. It's not transformative or inventive. It's an amalgamation of what you put into it at best and copyright infringement at worst. AI wasn't made as a tool for artists. Its a cheap replacement made with stolen art. Yes, stolen.