I’m finding myself in a lot of conversations lately where "AI is theft" is the only thing people want to talk about. Honestly? It’s a little frustrating. But mostly, I’m just curious why we have such a short memory when it comes to technology. We’ve played this game before. Remember when Photoshop was "cheating" because you weren't physically in a darkroom? Then DSLRs were going to kill the "soul" of film. Now we’re watching mirrorless systems replace DSLRs. In every case, the "new" thing was labeled a replacement for human talent. But did Photoshop kill the artist? No. It just changed the manual labor. It shifted the "how," but it didn't remove the "why" or the human intent. From where I’m sitting at Melissa AF Harmon Creative, AI isn't a "press button, get art" machine. It’s a collaborator. It’s a disruptor, for sure, but it’s a tool in the creative process—not a replacement for it. We’ve been "training" on other people's work for centuries; we just call it influence or study. AI does it at scale, but it still needs a human with a vision to give it a purpose. I’m genuinely curious where you draw the line. Is a digital brush okay, but a generative one is crossing a boundary? If you’ve been feeling that tension between your traditional roots and these new tools, let’s talk about it in the comments.