If all it takes to become a painter is to literally obtain a brush, you'd have a point. Anthropic is a morally bankrupt company, but you can make the better choice here.
I won’t pretend the ethics around AI are simple—they aren’t. I don’t think you’re wrong to care about this. But I also don’t believe I’m a thief for using AI to go further, faster, than I could on my own right now.