Yes, there's always people doing things differently, with different targets, and amazing results. I don't think it matters when it comes to the 'for real' factor of the practice though.

I could say that I've been doing daily animations for the past 1580 days, and that's definitely real in my book. Your call.

completely different take on generative art, did you look at any of the examples in the interview or read it? It's not a contest around tech, its a conversation around tools and using them to express yourself