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01: A girl labeled 'Artists' is holding a drawing tablet and pen under her arm. She is wearing round glasses and a blue sweatshirt. She has messy dark-brown hair and a brown skin-tone. She says "We don't really wanna MAKE A.I. art."
02: A guy labeled 'Art Enjoyers' holds his hand out while speaking. She is wearing a purple and yellow hawaiian shirt with a floral pattern over a white t-shirt, and has red hair and a light skin-tone. He says "We don't really wanna SEE A.I. art."
03: Behind them both, there is a cute girl in a business suit with a pink tie. She is blushing a bit and has pink eyeshadow, and looks upset. Her messy shoulder-length hair is parted in the middle, and held by two hairclips: one that looks like a red arrow pointing down, and one that looks like a green arrow pointing up. She says "Um ... I-Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?" She is labeled 'Shareholders'.
04: She puffs up her cheeks and pouts, a tear is on the verge of falling from one of her eyes. 'Artist Enjoyers' Guy is now in front of her yelling "AH!! SHAREHOLDERS-CHAN!!" while 'Artists' Girl is in front of her yelling "WE'RE SORRY WE HURT YOU!!!!"
But why would you?
Because AI can enhance the piece I am trying to create.
Can a painter not use certain colours?
Can a sculptor not use certain tools (chainsaws don't require enough effort)?
Can a potter not use a wheel?
Is Collage no longer art?
AI is just another tool for the artist to use.
In every situation you mentioned, the person behind the act has to do more than one thing and still need some skill to ensure there's no fuckup.
Where is your effort in using AI?
There is no effort in using AI, just like there is no effort in using a paintbrush.
Even crows can do so.
There is however effort in using AI to create something good, just like there is effort in using a paintbrush to create something good.
Unless you think everything an AI creates is good?
You say there is effort in using AI to make something good, but failed to mention what that effort is. "Giving the proper input" is just telling someone else to do what you want, which is hardly any effort and needs almost no skill.
No, I think it's just ok at best. There was no skill or effort involved, someone just told an algorithm to do something and got the result. Some of them even feel proud of "their" achievement, which makes as much sense as a boss claiming credit for their worker's work.
Think of AI art as a collage piece. The likelihood of a one shot prompt creating a masterpiece is tiny, but taking parts of various prompts and combining them does take human skill and judgement.