No, not everything painters could do was automated, you do not understand painting. It’s capable of levels of abstraction and subtle modes of expression that photography (even photo editing) isn’t, while photography is capable of capturing life in perfect detail. This is why both have survived. They’re inherently different and most importantly they’re both done by humans. Painters weren’t having their jobs being taken over by robot photographers who worked for free. I am so tired of having to debunk this comparison over and over again