I wonder if painters seeing a camera for the first time felt the same way as artists seeing Stable Diffusion today...

Used to make BMWs drive themselves. Now, I make web3 easier at Fr0ntierX

Context: https://waxy.org/2022/11/invasive-diffusion-how-one-unwilling-illustrator-found-herself-turned-into-an-ai-model/

Yes, but it is really true! The photographer is responsible for the composition, finding the subjects, the settings.

Artists are responsible for the prompt, seed image, params

Photographers in the 1830s/40s were explicitly referred to as “directors” and not “operators” for exactly this reason.