A 2023 Newsday article titled "Will AI-generated art steal LI artists' jobs?" explores the growing concerns among Long Island's digital art community regarding the rise of AI-generated art. While traditional artists working with mediums like paint and sculpture may not be immediately affected, commercial digital artists who sell their work to businesses are apprehensive about the potential impact of AI tools like Midjourney, DALL·E 2, and Stable Diffusion.​ These AI systems can produce high-quality images rapidly and at low cost, prompting fears of job displacement and the devaluation of human creativity. Artists such as Amanda Reilly express concerns about their work being used without consent to train AI models, raising ethical and legal questions about the use of their creations.​

Despite these challenges, some artists view AI as a tool that can enhance their creative process. Steve Skiena, a professor at Stony Brook University's AI Institute, acknowledges the technical prowess of AI art generators but emphasizes the importance of human input in guiding and curating the creative process.​

The debate continues as the art community grapples with balancing technological advancements and the preservation of artistic integrity.