A big difference I see between ai artists and traditional artists it that most people using ai just want to make something cool for the sake of wanting to see it exist. They take pleasure in having it for themselves whether it gets noticed by the general public or not. They create for creations sake. A lot of traditional artists desperately want to be noticed or make something that gets popular and that betrays their real motives behind their art. They either want attention or money. They want to make the most marketable or generally appealing art possible and not something that they just felt like they genuinely wanted to exist. Ai artists generally don't get upset when something they made doesnt get noticed because that's not what they made it for and I personally find that to be a noble trait. I'm not saying people can't exist on either side that go against what I said but it's a trend I've noticed being around both kinds of people.