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The model’s existence sparked a massive debate on the ethics of data scraping and "style theft."

: It moved the conversation beyond "can AI make art?" to "should AI be allowed to replicate specific living humans?". samdoesarts v2.ckpt

: Proponents argued it was a tool for fans to experiment with a beloved style or for creators to speed up their workflows. The model’s existence sparked a massive debate on

: The incident helped drive the development of tools like Glaze and Nightshade , designed to "poison" AI training data and protect an artist's style from unauthorized scraping. : The controversy split the internet into two camps

: The controversy split the internet into two camps. One side viewed the model as a natural evolution of "inspiration", while the other saw it as a tool for systematic plagiarism. Long-term Impact on the Art Community