A good chunk of art is just that, to my understanding. People go to art shows with a knowledge by whom, when and “how” the art was done. They will be very confused if asked to tell two pics apart if you time-travel to Picasso, ask him to paint a new unique pic and then generate another one with AI. They can even find an idea, symbolism and what he felt/thought of behind an AI version.

All this boils down to a simple fact that egos like to think of themselves (and of artistic interaction) much more than there actually is.

I remember a story when a literature teacher insisted on a definite symbolism of some minor detail in a novel. People contacted the author about it and he said no, there is nothing behind it. It was just a filler without any second thought. Makes you think how much symbolism is far-fetched in classics, where you cannot simply email an author.