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The author shares their addiction to Instagram and their frustration with the prevalence of AI-generated "art" on the platform. They believe that AI art is plagiarism and a disservice to real artists who put in countless hours of work. The author also highlights the unaccountability of AI artists and the fact that social media platforms like Meta consider public posts as part of their training data without artists' consent. This leaves artists in an impossible position, where their work may be owned by someone else. The author questions who benefits from these policies and points out the negative impact on the bookish community and book sales. They also discuss a social experiment involving fan artists and emphasize the need to protect artists from platforms like Meta and Adobe that are using AI in potentially harmful ways. The author calls on these companies to consider the ethics of AI implementation.