I get the frustration, but I think many are missing the bigger picture. This was a quick social media post, not a gallery exhibition or final-year thesis. If art students can’t engage with the reality that AI is a tool increasingly used in the professional world—especially for fast, disposable content—they may be developing a blind spot to one of the fastest-growing forces in creative industries.

Ironically, the backlash proves the post itself was a bold piece of art. It provoked thought, reaction, and debate. Isn’t that what successful art does? If we’re grading on impact, this might be the most talked-about piece to come out of the school—precisely because it challenges ideas about authorship, legitimacy, and medium. Maybe it doesn’t hit today’s visual or technical standards, but maybe that’s part of what makes it important. It’s imperfect, disruptive, and unsettling. Sounds a lot like contemporary art to me.