I created an account on here in 2012. I had a dream of becoming a game developer, and I had plans to have a web comic as well. I never felt I had the talent needed for 'good' art, even though I had the creativity and vision for it (as my old stuff on here will show)
The advances in AI technology have bridged that gap. I've glommed onto MidJourney and have reignited the creative artistic spark I had set aside as a fantasy.
Many in the art community are deriding AI generated art, and are afraid of how it will hurt artists - however I see it as an opportunity to expand the depths of what we can do as artists, and to bridge the skill gap - while at the same time expanding creativity, not limiting it.