Demoscene sizecoders rely on pseudorandom patterns all the time. They find what they need. Maybe they didn’t sculpt those mountains, draw those textures, or arrange those notes - but it’s still art, and they made it.

Inscrutability means people gotta fuck around with these tools to get closer to what they want. The robot does stupid things and must be punished. Prompts get hammered into place over ridiculous details.

If an image took effort, conveys ideas, and looks good, what could that be besides art?