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The difference between the artist and the 14 year old is the former has artistic vision and style. If a 14 year old can master prompt engineering, so can the artist.

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I simply don't think that's the difference. The difference is that the artist knows a bunch of craft. Between the people who know a bunch of craft, we're attracted to ones with particular artistic visions and styles, but don't know that average 14 year olds don't have the same range of artistic vision and style.

Doesn't this artistic vision and style boil down to taste, anyway? Claiming that the skill of the artist and the skill of the editor is identical is obviously wrong.

edit: in a way, making a work that targets a particular audience is an acknowledgement that the public has largely set the vision and style, and the artist is actually adept at working within it.

In my view the skill of the artist is to transfer an idea into the medium they work with, and if they work in a collaborative format that’s 50% of the job. It takes an enormous amount of skill to master the medium, and some mediums are easier than others. But the quality of the ideas they have matters a great deal. As does their ability to collaborate effectively.

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