Generating AI images is a very diverse field.
There are online services (paid and free) that often are censored (
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), or you can go for a local install which has quite high hardware requirements but can be uncensored.
I've found this to be a good primer on the concept:
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Last updated in March, so of course the latest news aren't mentioned, but it's a good starting point if you are interested.
Depending on the path you choose
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is a big hub for inspiration, models and images for local resources.
Actually I would recommend anyone to look at civitai, the images and videos can be wild, but it's often rather NSFW.
It can be a time thief, like any hobby.... But after a while you might be able to, like me, imitate an artist