Existential dread... Is Art just a parody of itself? Has it become a BASTARDON?... housed only, in meta - museums... built on the very sands of time? To many... the battle against AI art has become a literal fight to the death. The purveyors of art history and natural "human" creativity have quickly evolved into soldiers... reveling in and mythologizing their positions.. as they close the gates of progress firmly shut... in defiance of a perceived threat from machines.... a conversation increasingly at the heart of our modern dystopian society. They silo themselves off... Presenting themselves as a sacred class of citizen... god - like, in their talent... ... the sole keepers of truth, beauty, and meaning of artistic expression... But there is a novelty to thinking with nuance. Sink or swim. *Created with AI, midjourney. Would you have guessed?