AI generated art - seeing the big picture

Recently, people have become increasingly annoyed about AI-generated art, but perhaps it is being viewed in the wrong way. Many of the disgruntled and angry claim that it is not real art, that it is low effort and merely copies the style of other artists and reuses images. It has been banned from certain fan community groups too: The Guardian reported last week that a Dune subreddit had banned AI-generated art for being'low effort'. In August 2022, an artwork created by Jason Allen using the AI tool Midjourney, titled Théâtre D'opéra Spatial, won first prize in the digital art category at the Colorado State Fair. This has been widely controversial, with people outraged that an AI program could win such a competition.