‘I don't think this is a fight that artists can afford to walk away from’ — award-winning illustrator Rob Biddulph says human creativity is worth defending against AI

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“There's a sort of soullessness to them, and I find it sad that we appear to be increasingly happy to settle for that.”

I'm talking to Rob Biddulph, the children’s book illustrator and author who rose to prominence during the Covid pandemic when his #DrawWithRob YouTube channel racked up millions of views from children and parents needing an outlet for their creativity, about a very different kind of pandemic: the proliferation of AI-generated art.