Hot take: a guy at a Denver coffee shop saw my sketchbook and asked if I just typed a prompt for it
I told him no, that page took me 3 hours, and he shrugged and said the AI version would look the same in 30 seconds. So where's the line, is it the time spent or the choices made, and who gets to decide?
Wait, the AI version wouldn't look the same though. Not even close. It would look like AI art, which has that weird smooth samey vibe everyone can spot now. Ask any artist, the tells are everywhere once you know them.