Not good arguments imo. Art can be this 'blood, sweat and tears' thing if you are into it, but art also can be an activity you do because you enjoy doing it, without a single fuck given that the result looks like the wet fart of a 3yo. I mostly don't care how people make art. Scratch your art into rock with a baguette if you feel that's the level of pain needed, or paint with your period blood if that floats your boat.

But use AI? It is incredibly bad for the environment, uses other people's work without their consent, and it's being owned by fascist fucking tech bros who want to drown the world in doom. You wouldn't kick a puppy and call it art, same goes for AI.