I am an (amateur, non professional) artist and I am a big supporter of AI generated art tools. The main issue is that anyone can write a simple prompt and get

I am an (amateur, non professional) artist and I am a big supporter of AI generated art tools. The main issue is that anyone can write a simple prompt and get 85% of the way to an image that previously required a decade of experience to create. But that last 15% is where real artists differentiate themselves. It’s the last 15% that can’t be faked if you don’t have a sense of artistic direction and discretion. I strongly disagree with “why bother honing it” as well. If anything, being able to get to the “honing” stage so quickly is what makes these tools so powerful. I’m sure if Gordon Ramsey had to butcher his own chicken, grind his own grain for flour, and churn his cream into butter, he wouldn’t spend as much time on the finishing and plating of a chicken sandwich.