I'm still in awe when I see certain paintings and buildings made by human hand, because it involves thousands of hours to become good at something in general. There is an emotional component to it that makes me like it more than computer generated stuff - that is just mid at best. Never been amazed by some ai art. There is some indirect grind component to be admired in it when you consider research and development, but that does not touch me like a masterpiece of some legendary artist.
There was an article on HN yesterday about the Carmalite monks in Wyoming building a Gothic monastery[1]. They couldn't afford the cost so they started using CNC machines to carve the rock themselves. Looking at the work they've completed so far, I can't tell the difference between their work hand carved stone.
Just because the barrier to entry is lower doesn't mean there is nothing awe inspiring produced. People in general aren't as impressed by the results because of saturation.
