The photographer definitely has more agency over what they are shooting than a programmer does over what an algorithm produces. When I take a photo I have a ima

The photographer definitely has more agency over what they are shooting than a programmer does over what an algorithm produces. When I take a photo I have a image in my head I am trying to capture; when I train an AI to do the same I don't have that image, its just generating a bunch of images based off an idea and I select the one that is most appealing. I'm sure there are people doing tuning that is much more involved, but at a basic level it's not the same thing. Doing photography or drawing are much more emotionally rewarding than generating images with code, at least for me.