Thinking of and expressing the functionality of the thing might be the labor of love for this person. Their definition of labor doesn't have to be yours.

Their labour didn’t involve coding. When we equate labour to creating a load of prompts then it feels hollow to me.

Was this, then, done to impress others rather than enrich the coders skills and experience?

The futuristic equivalent of pressing the “demo” button on old electronic keyboard and pretending to play