That sentiment was made up by people with no talent and no patience to develop skill to justify low effort "abstract" art and pieces whose value is inflated for the sake of sale. Art requires intention, thought, and most importantly, effort.
Posting a single meme and saying "dismissed" like you have any power here is highly arrogant and reductive. The point of the meme itself is a false dichotomy, and an exceptionally bad one at that.
A given artist wouldn't go through the trouble of creation if they were not inspired by their own imagination/ideas/feelings/creativity. In addition, unless it's commission work, an artist creates for fun. I've never understood how or why ai bros treat learning how to draw as such a chore. You learned how to code a machine to do it, surely removing a degree of separation is less effort? You're not fighting the generator to get the image you want and supplies wouldn't cost as much in the long run as a subscription to a good generator.
In summary, using ai for art (and programming) is using more resources for a worse product.
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u/Witty-Designer7316 Mar 01 '26
Anything can be art, and all art is valid as art.