As somebody that is both a hobbyist novelist, and has played around with the various imaging AI tools like mj to some good degrees of success, I would definitely not call prompting anything like writing a book at all.

It is far more stilted, sterile, and specific in a way more akin to descriptive technical writing than any kind of creatively minded prose. Using more descriptors, adjectives, and verbs to be more precise helps refine an image more, sure, but I just don't feel like it engages the same skill set as authorial work aside from drawing on an expanded vocabulary. Hell, it doesn't feel like coding either because of how imprecise it can be because we're not doing actual coding. Kind of a worst of both worlds situation at the moment imo, but I'm sure it will improve with time.

And yeah, it's nothing like traditional drawing, even using digital tools lol; I work as a storyboard artist and using these generative AIs is just completely disconnected from the mechanical skill of draftsmanship used to construct something from scratch.

They're cool, but to be honest, as a working artist, using them feels makes me feel ... hollow. Just none of the satisfaction or tactile feel of doing it by hand, and I am always left feeling violated and dirty afterwards. Unpopular opinion I'm sure on this sub, but this is my honest truth.