>> it has been easier (so far) to directly compute the images than it has been to train them to use photoshop or illustrator.

possible because training models are fed by an abundance of existing human-generated content, which is ever increasing in quality, dirt-cheap, and easily accessible; which doesn't make AI Generated Content disruptive in this respect (my view).

not sure what you mean by "easier", since computers are better at following rules and people better at reasoning.

>> I agree that logically your statement makes sense ...

Isn't that the best case for AI generated content, logical-sense? or are you suggesting more (e.g 'source of meaning')?