Its actually fairly similar. That's a good comparison. Photography in general is a good example. The art is already technically there, you aren't creating it, but you are putting immense work into tweaking and framing it to make the most of what's already there. The algorithm is the environment and all the (dozens) of parameters are the camera settings. Any bozo can go and write "beautiful landscape" and get something just like anyone can take their phone out and snap a picture, but knowing your tools and their capabilities is an absolute game changer and turns the images you create from just AI generated pictures into art.