I look at these works of art created by artificial intelligence and I think: yes, it’s beautiful, yes, it’s good, but… What’s the point? Where’s the story, where’s the work, if everything is so simple, then what’s the point? It’s no better than a store where you come and buy, although no, you come, take everything you need for free and leave. I don’t see any value in it, it’s just boring.
This is fundamentally different, though. I remember when some reactionaries thought digital instruments somehow invalidated the work. But Daft Punk were still people. They took human ideas and transformed them into reality, creating something new. Buttons and knobs can be instruments in the hands of an artist. With AI, it is the plagiarism engine that is doing the creation. Tape two AIs together and they can create “art” all day. None of it will be anything more than a sad imitation of what humans made.
Proompters are human people who take human ideas and transform them into reality making something new. Prompts can be instruments in the hands of an artist.
The rest of your arguments are qualitative subjective anecdotal speculations. I could equally claim all digital music is shit. In fact if you did not farm the goats for the goatskin of your drums you’re not a real artist. Obviously I don’t think that, but hopefully it demonstrates how absurdly arbitrary you’re being.