> Do some artists want tools to enable their vision faster?

Artists are expensive. The goal is to eliminate them ( just like with SWE).

"Gemini, generate a Picasso from those images. "

Not everything needs to be a race, and certainly not art.

Yes, there are people everywhere who want to take shortcuts in life and do as little work as possible. They'd agree with the implication that this is only a matter of speed, they'd think it's plausible that they'd reach the same endpoint with profoundly different methods. They'd make up whatever justification necessary.