Most people haven't heard about recent advancements in image generation. When they do, I expect they will be amazed.
Others are interpreting my original comment as "this is not art", but I'm not really trying to make that argument. Art is entirely subjective and i don't presume to define what is or isn't art.
I guess my point is more specifically "what itch does this scratch"?
It's really cool, and that may well be the answer tbh.
That’s 99% of the people. I mean even to learn prompt engineering will probably be too much for majority of those 99% people, but it’s a huge step forward in user friendliness, compared to, say, photoshop.
”what itch does this scratch"?
How many people post pictures on social media? Many of those pictures are not personal, they show something pretty, cool, or interesting in some way. All of those people can potentially use image generators to achieve the same effect.