I understand where Valve is coming from on this. AI art and the legalities surrounding it are still new, and it’s a large risk to allow AI generated assets due to rights.
Yep, I think it’s cool stuff and have played with it, but there are huge ethical concerns when it comes to distributing or selling anything made with machine learning, as it was all trained off of someone else’s work.
and no, I don’t think a bland “you agree to let us do whatever we want with this data” buried in some ToS signed 10 years ago before the concept of AI/machine learning really developed should count, I think the vast majority of artists had their artwork ripped in a very unfair manner.
I completely understand and respect valve for wanting nothing to do with the impending legal action.