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Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art"
(futurism.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I mean, apart from the "using massive amounts of energy" part, that is exactly what people said about the printing press.
From what I understood, the fears surrounding the printing press (as well as other advancements throughout history related to information, text, & writing) were more about people being overloaded with information both false and/or true, or people becoming less studious/disciplined. (Link as an example)
https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/a-history-of-media-technology-scares-from-the-printing-press-to-facebook.html
Further to "stealing massive amounts of creative work and calling it its own," this is what was said about the printing press:
https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/401189.html (see halfway down)
https://www.vox.com/2015/6/1/8697947/elizabethan-book-pirates
Thanks for sharing, those are indeed sources that I've never encountered before.