It’s still odd to me that the sentiment on HN around the iCloud CSAM scanning was very negative, but from what I’ve seen the sentiment around AI tools built on scanning prior works (Dalle, Copilot) seems pretty positive. In my mind they’re one in the same. There’s an expectation that the files you upload to a cloud service won’t be viewable to anyone without your permission, but until recently there was also an expectation that the work you upload to the internet, no matter where you uploaded it, wouldn’t be used by entities for their own personal profit. At least the iCloud scanning had the facade of being for an altruistic purpose going for it.

Artists are afraid of AI. Maybe for good reasons? I personally feel that AI will change what it means to be an artist. But we still need people who knows how to use the AI/art tools well, who can fix the AI mistakes, who can nudge the AI in the right direction etc. The same way that modern 3D renders changed what a digital artist do but didn't make artists redundant.