As a slight aside, why is it that anyone who engages with AI is considered a 'bro'? Why such a needlessly gender specific term? Are we really trying to suggest the almost certainly incorrect notion that there are zero women involved in AI?
I don't take bro to exclusively mean male. But rather a male dominated group.
In the UK we use lads a lot; I'd say it's probably the British equivalent (tho bro does get used here too). IE: "I'm going to the pub with the lads." But that doesn't mean it's exclusively men, there's sometimes a woman or two in the group, it's just that it's a male dominated group. It's the same with women who have a female dominated group with a male member in (going to see my ladies/girlies etc...).
All of the above still assumes a male dominated use of AI though; and According to statista that does seem to be the case. Though as time goes on, the gap will likely close.
I guarantee those AI "art" defenders would be absolutely furious if they saw even a single of the vast amount of talented disabled artists, past or present, because it goes against their narrative that disabled people need AI art, which allows them to appear superior.
The example I thought of was someone who we watched a video on in an art class I took in highschool. He was in a wheelchair, either quadra or just paraplegic, can't remember which, but he had a whole set up where he could have his canvas move and rotate so he could work on specific parts of it. Don't remember his name, but definitely vaguely remember the video, so it definitely left some form of impact on me.
I would also assume the AI "art" bros talking about AI "art" for disabled people would be furious at those people for disproving their claims. Especially since those same bros have no excuse other than lack of drive and talent as to why they aren't anywhere near as good of artists as people with disabilities.
It also substantially raises the "quality" of the low end effort which is a pretty big deal, whether you consider that a good thing or not.
I think it's great for things like a client conceptualizing what they want which in the past could be difficult and very labour/time consuming. Take that concept to a real artist and it's pretty win-win.
I think it's worth pointing out that I don't consider myself to be very dexterous, so I'd be able to produce a useful image by trying to use AI a lot more reliably and faster than by trying to use a pencil. However, I haven't tried to use AI to do that, and I generally don't find AI tools very useful.
It might also be relevant that I also don't consider myself to be very creative.
Just think, those Neanderthals are going to be obsolete now that we can generate infinite pictures of hands on cave walls! Human condition? Self expression? Lmao no one cares old man, get with the times and consume! I don't want any human interaction anymore, I have my black box that will do whatever I tell it to!
(/s In case the Overton window is that fucked already.)