Out of curiosity, have you ever actually played around with an AI to generate pictures? Spin up a local model and give it a try. It’s a lot more involved than I think you realize.

It’s not hard by any means and you can let it just s*** out the first thing and take that and run with it.

But the actual process of generating something coherent and to your intent. Takes a good deal of skill, understanding how the model works, of the English language and how to construct it appropriately, as well as potentially hours upon hours of corrections, edits and manipulations.

You’re moving the mechanical skill of being an artist to a more literary skill of English.

I’ve noticed most people seem to have never actually attempted to use an ai beyond The really low end free offerings. And thus don’t actually realize how complex they can get in usage.

Again, to be clear, it’s not hard to generate just a random picture and take it and run. But it’s also not hard to draw a stick man.