I am one of those futurists who has read so much about how things work and what they are trying to do.

The first thing I thought when I read the thread is that use of 'ai' is why I bought Poser way back when.

I didn't want to relearn drawing with the 100's of hours of practice that is needed to get anywhere.

Oh look, a diorama where I can set my scenes and fly around to snap stills. Yes, 'comic' style replete with perspective already correctly done. I remember reading the origin story for Poser and was struck by "name not available right now" creator's parallel motivations but a talented coder as well.

I read a book, What Technology Wants, and it pointed out what software is going to be able to do. It is also going to drive new technology to drive in that direction. So 'ai' assisted art is simply a black box that accepts parameters. I remember when Desk Top Publishing was panned the same way, instead of layout skill you had a black box that did the heavy lifting (with mixed results).

There is no stopping. Imagine an 'ai' that can read an MRI scan as good if not better than a trained Radiologist (doctor + specialty) and do it for the entire department while in communication with a database that is updated in real time.

I doubt whether it will replace the artist, enhance maybe, and all those clever wordsmiths with their fanciful prompts are simply 'aping' anyway.