> would you make the case that they have learned how to paint Well, you’re assuming that “painting” is the physical act of moving a brush on canvas. But that’

> would you make the case that they have learned how to paint Well, you’re assuming that “painting” is the physical act of moving a brush on canvas. But that’s already not true. Plenty of people graduate art school with degrees, despite doing everything on a computer. Are they “painters”? Well, no, but they are artists. And if you’re talking about a program for artists, where the work is judged on artistic merit (composition, concept, etc), I don’t think it matters what mediums are used. But if we’re narrowly focused on something more like sign painting, where what matters is brush technique and conforming to customer expectations, sure, AI will reduce the need for such people and will allow those who exist to “cheat”. But who cares?