Tbh few months ago i would be absoluetly against it and argue that this is support for a thing that kills artists. But now and with this specific case i'd just say that's too bad but not a big deal.
I do some art myself and i avoid using AI for inspiration, like i avoid being dependent on any tool i cannot fully understand. I know that this is not the vision of some others artists and if they find joy in using AI, good for them, just, i think it is putting their creativity on the side, which is wasted potential.
Like others say though, i hope that ZUN will keep his drunk brain as the root of the game he makes. That he will keep touhou "artisanal". (I think he will do, because afterall, before genAI was everywhere, he used stock image for backgrounds, which have very little importance on the content itself, AI's a small change).
That aside, with the anti-genAI movement on internet becoming more harsh and unforgiving, i'd say i'm just tired of doing morals on others.
If an artist is passionate and happy, about its project, it is the only thing that matter. If they use gen tools to do it faster and that no one will notice because it's too good, it's their problem. It's them who should question themselves if they want to let an AI putting others ideas on theirs, whitout regretting it later.
(oops i divagued a bit on the end)
Damn, even if it was to be excepted with how the admin issue was evolving, it's still sad.
But i guess the strengh of the fediverse come from the fact that such an issue can happen without impacting the entire lemmy community as a whole.
I'm just worried that the lack of moderation becomes a recurrent issue in the future of lemmy with the userbase growth and the lack of revenue.
I wish best luck for communities moderators and EE users!