I'm ok with generated art

Anyone is capable of creating pictures more aesthetically pleasing than any renaissance artist. Cameras made sure of that. This led to the many attempts to redefine what art is, as it could no longer be defined as just a "pretty picture". In 1961, Piero Manzoni takes a dump in a can and calls it art. Merda d’artista is one of the most well-known works of modern art, and it’s only one of countless attempts at defining what art is. AI art is a joke. When AI is used as a substitute for human creation, it's not art. A pretty picture made by a human, but devoid of any meaning, would not be art. If it was generated, then it would lack any interesting aspects it could possess. Pretty pictures are interesting only because of the countless hours someone spent working on their craft. People calling themselves AI Artists can generate the most aesthetically pleasing pictures, but they have nothing to say. This is what we see called AI Art, and it's not what I'm here to talk about. Art is in the…