I considered how one might give a prompt (the same prompt) at two different times and get two different images which started me towards thinking about a similar

I considered how one might give a prompt (the same prompt) at two different times and get two different images which started me towards thinking about a similar result in the context of other image editing software (GIMP, Photoshop, probably other things I haven't heard of). > ... creative work loses its specialness (especially in the production of art and ideas) when augmented with tools. I think about image editing software which does "fuzzy" stuff. If I don't drag my mouse in exactly the same way twice, I will get different results, however slight, when editing images but the end result is always something "I created". I do tend to land on the side that these things use different skills, which opens up these arguments that "generative" is not "creative". I just see a lot of gray when I consider these things in detail. > it's the use of art This is a very succinct way to put it. Your last paragraph hits home.