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Well written. I am reminded of a quote from Paul Cezanne: "A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."

There is creative problem solving, there is design, and there is art. Society will often conflate the three, probably because they all things only the human brain can do (for now), but I imagine soon the distinction will be made more often.There are two things I keep coming back to when I think about this topic though. One, these AIs aren't creating anything on their own. They need human input or they just sit there. Like noise performance artists who plug in a bunch of pedals and modulators to get complex outputs from simple inputs. The second thing is the consumer. If someone is *actually* moved by a work generated by prompting an AI- who am I to say they are wrong for it? The photograph didn't erase the desire for paintings, just certain kinds of paintings. I think graphic designers should probably be a little worried about their jobs, but people who seek to be challenged will still seek the genuine article.

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