The given example is shockingly similar to what may actually pop up on the HN front page.
What a great new possibility - generate a prompt, do the little project or whatever, write the blogpost, post the link. I guess status/karma/cred is the W?
Something about this just turns me off, not sure why.
Don't worry. People who can actually paint will mercilessly attack the insecurities of anyone who is too serious about prompts. The artists hardly made money before and the AI will just take more off the table. All they (we) will have left is spite.
A craft you can't earn money on is called a hobby. I have a lot of hobbies I don't earn a dime on. Why would art be any different?
I feel it too, the idea of rent seeking in the least difficult part of the process. But people calling themselves prompt engineers (without irony) is at least amusing, like a sanitation expert or a maintenance engineer.