This position is defensible, but it's only partly true. The author is foremost an editor of their own work. Take a lot of pictures, keep the good ones. Write a

This position is defensible, but it's only partly true. The author is foremost an editor of their own work. Take a lot of pictures, keep the good ones. Write a lot of junk. Keep the good parts, rewrite the others. Write a lot of songs. Publish the good ones. Etc. It's eminently possible that AI-art will allow faster iterations on ideas, and therefore help create more good art.