[RobotToaster]

> Find any thread about AI art around here and check out how many people have open contempt for artists’ skills.

I don't think that's entirely true, what I usually see is people that think AI art is just as good as many artists.

You can be impressed by something and still think a machine can do it just as well. People that can do complex mental arithmetic are impressive, even if that skill is mostly obsolete by calculators.