So accurate were these fakes - not copies, but new paintings in Vermeer's style - that several experts verified them as real, and then tried to sue to save their reputations.
These fakes were certainly made by a human, but are somewhat mechanical in the sense that they were copying someone else, much like an AI copy of existing artists.
For that matter, a limited run print has a different impact and value than an unlimited run print. Compare an original warhol print of a can of soup, to a modern repr print, to an actual can of soup, to an I <3 NY t-shirt.
Calvin: "A painting. Moving. Spiritually enriching. Sublime. High art!"
Calvin: "The comic strip. Vapid. Juvenile. Commercial hack work. Low art."
Calvin: "A painting of a comic strip panel. Sophisticated irony. Philosophically challenging. High art."
Hobbes: "Suppose I draw a cartoon of a painting of a comic strip?"
Calvin: "Sophomoric. Intellectually sterile. Low art."