This survey on "AI" and illustration from the Association of Illustrators makes for grim reading https://theaoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-AI-Survey-Analysis.pdf (PDF!) > A year ago, almost a third of illustrators told the AOI they had already lost work because a client chose generative AI instead. > > This year, that figure is 46%. Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6eztzifK0 who apparently found it via https://www.thebookseller.com/news/rise-in-number-of-illustrators-losing-work-to-genai-survey-finds