It’s a lot like commissioning something from an artist. You have to describe what you want, with the style, details and mood you want to see, then maybe go back and forth a few times until it’s just right. Doing that well is a skill, so are things like art direction. But replacing the humans executing on the direction with a machine doesn’t suddenly make the directing human an artist.
Being good at prompting AI to generate art is like being good at using a search engine to find a specific picture.
Search engineAI artists!It’s a lot like commissioning something from an artist. You have to describe what you want, with the style, details and mood you want to see, then maybe go back and forth a few times until it’s just right. Doing that well is a skill, so are things like art direction. But replacing the humans executing on the direction with a machine doesn’t suddenly make the directing human an artist.
You’re being facetious but searching is a skill too. A simple skill but still a skill.
Nobody said it wasn’t a skill, just that it isn’t the same thing as creating art. You know, the thing that artists do.