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> the countless small-scale choices made during implementation are just as important to the final product as the few large-scale choices made during the conception

Sure. But suppose we had an AGI that was just as smart as a human: clearly it would be able to make all these decisions just fine and make art. If current AIs are someone between that and dirt, then they ought to be able to make decisions of less complexity, but still of some importance, to the final product. As AIs improve, we would expect the decisions they make to become more complex.

Recall that traditional artists have always had a number of assistants to help them. They produced the sketch and outline, and had other artists - skilled, but not as much as them - fill in the details. A modern artist, who already is less skilled than these artists, and futhermore has less need for their creation to stand the test of time, can benefit from an even less skilled assistant helping them.