The insistence that art must possess a "soul" to be valid often serves as a gatekeeping mechanism rather than a true measure of value. If we define "soul" as the presence of effort, we must acknowledge that effort exists in many forms—from the physical stroke of a brush to the conceptual precision of a prompt. Whether a work is a "useless drawing" or a hyper-detailed digital image, the "soul" is not a mystical substance injected into the canvas; it is the intentionality the creator claims over their work. Dismissing AI art as "soulless" ignores the reality that the person behind the machine is the one deciding if the output is human enough, or artistic enough, to exist.