(i'm very tired when writing this so forgive me if I am missing something in your post)
I don't think it's necessarily the case that AI art lacks a human element. From some of my tinkering over the past few days, I have found that getting good results often means doing a lot more than just typing a few words, otherwise you're basically looking for good art in the Library of Babel practically. If you're doing techniques like inpainting/outpainting (and definitely look that up if you aren't familiar, shit's magical), you're definitely at least expressing some specific intent, and the AI is just filling in the details. Although there is the spontaneity of what the AI can do with whatever you let it loose to do, and that is what is most unique to it as a new tool. Searching through the library of babel with a simple prompt can work just fine if you just want to find something pretty, but you definitely have to work for results that match something specific.
The positive side -- think of all of the people in history who have had great ideas of what they want to create, but haven't really had the time or commitment to learn how to express those ideas. Tools like this bring the ability to express one's ideas to the masses. We will see a lot more people actually able to express their ideas as art. It'll probably be similar to how we're able to hear everyone's opinions on the internet -- sure, there'll certainly be a sea of shit, because you don't WANT to see everyone's ideas expressed, and we'll probably never stop questioning if we made a huge mistake, but we'll probably see enough good stuff to agree that it was worthwhile at the end of the day.
(i'm very tired when writing this so forgive me if I am missing something in your post)
I don't think it's necessarily the case that AI art lacks a human element. From some of my tinkering over the past few days, I have found that getting good results often means doing a lot more than just typing a few words, otherwise you're basically looking for good art in the Library of Babel practically. If you're doing techniques like inpainting/outpainting (and definitely look that up if you aren't familiar, shit's magical), you're definitely at least expressing some specific intent, and the AI is just filling in the details. Although there is the spontaneity of what the AI can do with whatever you let it loose to do, and that is what is most unique to it as a new tool. Searching through the library of babel with a simple prompt can work just fine if you just want to find something pretty, but you definitely have to work for results that match something specific.
The positive side -- think of all of the people in history who have had great ideas of what they want to create, but haven't really had the time or commitment to learn how to express those ideas. Tools like this bring the ability to express one's ideas to the masses. We will see a lot more people actually able to express their ideas as art. It'll probably be similar to how we're able to hear everyone's opinions on the internet -- sure, there'll certainly be a sea of shit, because you don't WANT to see everyone's ideas expressed, and we'll probably never stop questioning if we made a huge mistake, but we'll probably see enough good stuff to agree that it was worthwhile at the end of the day.