Every filmmaker watches movies

Every author reads books

Every painter view paintings

Unless you're arguing that every single artist across every field of artistic expression is constantly being jeopardized by claims of copyright infringement, this is a nonsensical point to make.

But they’re not creating similar works, unlike AI which IS. Why is this so complicated for you?

I would seriously question if this happens all the time, these days. The whole copyright thing is way behind the digital and internet revolution. Look at what the Prince case did for transformation copyright fair use.

The process of online artists shaming each other doesn't really have anything to do with the legal system, though they all act like it is.