we tend to think that art is something that requires effort,that requires time - but not so with AI

 Because we tend to think that art is something that requires effort,that requires time, and that should cost the artist something.If you can just snap your fingers and create a work that might win an art competition, many of us might, raise an eyebrow or two beyond this question of the shortcut in the sense of saving time, I think a lot of people also express a worry or a reservation about the use of AI because they see the turn to computers and machines and algorithms.Not just as a shortcut, but really as a complete departure from their conception of art.Because for some people,computers are cheat machines machines.that leaves our own cognitve in a ditch.