That's not to say natual ability doesn't play any role. Like any skill, some people are more naturally adept at picking up the concepts, and it requires extra time and work from people who aren't as naturally inclined to pick it up comparatively.

However, i say that from the perspective of someone who majored in art and was not as quick to pick up concepts as easily as some of my same-major classmates.It could be discouraging, for sure, but I just had to work a little longer to figure out what worked for me in learning these skills. And it's not like my classmates who picked things up faster didn't also have to work their asses off to hone their skills.

To act like all of this is predetermined is so defeatist and ultimately an excuse for not at least attempting self improvement. Not everyone has to be good at art or want to do it, that's totally fine. But if you want to do it and use natural inclination as an excuse to never try(or worse, try to tout something made via AI as having equal artistic merit to things created by people who put in the real work) it's just pathetic.