this whole line of reasoning explains why recent advances in creative computation with AI/ML are always framed as tools to augment or replace artists: it's an attempt to (further) reframe art as a kind of knowledge work which (like a bookkeeper or a secretary) can ultimately be replaced with automation.
oh wait I gave a whole talk about this didn't I http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/programming-forgetting-new-hacker-ethic/