As a kid in the 1990s who was very into art (lots of drawing, painting classes, etc.) I fell in love with computer graphics. It felt like a world of endless possibility—especially as I started to understand code and mathematics. One day I was excitedly showing a rendering I had made in Lightwave 3D to a much older family friend. He pointed at a half-assed sketch on my desk and said, “I’m a lot more impressed with that.” Meaning: I’m not impressed the computer “did that for you.” I was a bit heartbroken, and felt misunderstood, because I had put enormous effort into my 3D creation. I wasn’t just trying to “cheat at art.” I’m can’t help but think we are making the same mistake in the way we talk about generative models. Sure, there will be a lot of lazy users, like people making flying 3d logos in the 1990s. But if we ignore the hype and the corporate sales pitch, there are also undoubtedly intelligent young people putting tremendous effort into using these tools in unintended, creative ways—because they see in them a world of beautiful and fascinating possibilities.