Tbh few months ago i would be absoluetly against it and argue that this is support for a thing that kills artists. But now i’d just say that’s too bad but not a big deal.

I do some art myself and i hate using AI for inspiration, like i hate being dependent on any tool i cannot fully understand. I know that this is not the vision of some others artists and if they find joy in using AI, good for them.

Like others say though, i hope that ZUN will keep his drunk brain as the root of the game he makes. That he will keep touhou “artisanal”. (I think he will do, because afterall, before genAI was everywhere, he used stock image for backgrounds, which have very little importance on the content itself.

With the anti-genAI movement on internet becoming more harsh and unforgiving, i’d say i’m just tired of doing morals on others.

If an artist is passionate about its project, it is the only thing that matter. If they use gen tools to do it faster and that no one will notice because it’s too good, it’s their problem. It’s them who should question themselves if they want to let an AI putting others ideas on theirs.

(oops i divagued a bit on the end)