I don't need to explain the issue at hand, its pretty obvious.
But I found it incredibly disheartening as an artist who really enjoys this platform, is struggling with pretty severe burnout, and just when I'm thinking about posting some art I want to share to find out that Artstation is doing next to nothing to protect its users (WHO ARE THE SOLE REASON THIS SITE EVEN EXISTS) from art theft. I don't want to have to jump through numerous hoops and make sure I've tagged everything appropriately to prevent some AI from taking my art. We shouldn't have to justify why we don't want our art taken without credit or compensation.
I was planning to go through my portfolio on here and clear out some old art I don't like anymore but if Artstation isn't going to do more to protect its users from AI art theft, then I might consider just taking all my artwork down.