why is there even a debate that ai “art” is better? If you want ai to generate you an image of mickey mouse for an example, ai has to analise an image of mickey mouse and then spit it out. but before any of that ever happens somebody has to make that image first, and how do they do that? BY DRAWING IT!!! their arguement that “ai art is better” makes just as much sense as trump’s fee on wildfire smoke from canada (which it doesnt)
When people say AI can replace artists I don’t think they mean AI is better than artists. They mean it’s cheaper, faster, and doesn’t talk back. They’re also wrong about it being able to replace artists long-term for the reasons you said, but I don’t think I’ve seen arguments that it’s better than real art.