[joshuamorton]

I don't disagree. I'm not sure why that's a relevant reply though.

If you think that the addition of a less creative process (model creation) to a more creative corpus ("art") is problematic, then it follows that you should think the addition of a less creative process (distillation) to a more creative corpus (a model) is also problematic.

[trhway]

I think both are natural and fine. Otherwise we'd have to outlaw analytical thinking.