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No. No he didn't create it. He put words into a black box.
"He didn't create it. He moved a mouse."
"He didn't create it. He put commands into a keyboard."
"He didn't create it. He pressed the camera trigger."
"He didn't create it. He threw store-bought paint at a canvas."
"He didn't create it. He cleaned some dirt off the wall."
"He didn't create it. He was inspired by gods."
Where you see a categorical difference, I see a qualitative one. AI-generated art can be nothing more than putting words into a blackbox, but it can also be a day-long process of tweaking dozens of parameters to get what you want from the words you put into the box. A child can slather paint onto a canvas without much thought - but that doesn't mean great artists drawing complex, intricate paintings isn't art, does it?
Generative AI is a tool. It can do more than most tools, but still, it is something wielded by an artist.
As I'd just written in another reply here, there is a world of difference in describing an illustration and creating an illustration.
Same goes for lightning a fire without and with a lighter.