That's what it will boil down to: More artists on NG.
Not to sound too jaded, but that will also mean a greater influx of the kind of people that we 'don't' want: People who generate audio tracks with 'Suno AI', self-important assholes, children (NG is 13+), adults acting like children when their "first te4st" gets blammed in the Games or Movie Portal, more Ad-bots, data collectors... "The lot!"
All putting a massive strain on the moderation staff, ultimately leading to NG locking a ton of features behind supporter status (by necessity!) or putting a one-time fee on registering a new account.
In summary: It's a sorry state of affairs. I feel like the Newgrounds community is going to pay the price of other sites shortsightedness and greed. So in that context: I hope dA never makes any backups and that their server center burns down... ;p
Yatsufusa
I must admit that, while the state of affairs over on dA is a rather sad topic, I found the last part hilarious, so it might kind of overshadow how grim my 'writer's face' "aught to look" when typing this. But I don't want to wait to get back to normal, because you're tackling an important topic there... Sorry if my 'tone' seems too relaxed.
You have to keep in mind: DeviantArt's AI "problem" is entirely homemade.
Not only did they bring it on themselves; they _intentionally_ caused it.
From my perspective, they are taking the 'Facebook-approach' to users: Users aren't the customers - they are the _product_. By fueling their own AI with original art from _consenting*_ artists, they are going to own one of the first _legal_ AI to generate images. Their approach to community management has historically been in the pits and their moderatiomn team only ever cared about who cried the loudest (meaning: Whoever created more sock puppet accounts is the original artist in cases of stolen art...)
Their site-management's thoughts would be: "It prints money - so we are now a marketplace for AI-generated images! Now why would be care about the artists behind the art we use? They cannot permanently leave the site they are familiar with without taking a massive blow themselves."
There is a quote about a similar situation, but I'm failing to find it - or a professional English translation. It goes something like this:
"For a hundred wars there is a single revolution - that's how hard the erect posture of man is to hold."
– {{Citation needed}}
* As I understand the situation, via their ToS, even users who left the site and dead people consent...
SkellART
"DeviantArt's AI "problem" is entirely homemade.
Not only did they bring it on themselves; they _intentionally_ caused it."
Honestly, I can believe that. Especially with how heavily they went in on their own product printing services shortly after I joined the site all those years ago.
Artist Tumblr died years ago and DeviantArt is now for ai peddlers but at least I still have NewGrounds.