The internet has turned 'AI vs. traditional' into a culture-war frame. In an actual room, it is not that interesting. What is interesting is what each side teaches the other.
What traditional artists teach AI creators
Composition. Color relationships. Edit discipline. Narrative restraint. The patience to revise. How to hold a series together. How to say less.
What AI creators teach traditional artists
Speed of iteration. New compositional moves. Prompt-as-brief discipline. A willingness to throw away ninety variants to find the one. A more fluid relationship to source material.
Why mixed rooms are better rooms
Single-tribe rooms produce single-tribe work. Mixed rooms produce arguments worth having and arguments worth having are the engine of every interesting creative scene in history.