A quote I saw today: "Maybe AI seems like a creative solution, if you aren't a creative person.", seems to explain a lot of this maybe.

Edit: Found the source: https://www.eurogamer.net/maybe-ai-is-a-creative-solution-if...

That’s a great quote —- when you hire a “creative” to do a job (ie photographer, designer, etc) in area where you aren’t an expert, the conversation of what you want usually starts with similar existing work that you like.

A good creative will take that as a starting point, apply their skills and vision to it, and give you something that solves your specific problem in a unique way, often far better than whatever you had imagined.

In my experience, if you do a similar expertise with AI, it just gives you a facsimile of the inspiration you initially provided and not much more.

I'd love to read more wherever this came from if you could link the source