@jasonstcyr
Is it not? Without an idea and the prompt, there is no generative art. Is a writer not an artist despite not pointing a camera? Is a photo editor not an artist because they are only editing someone else's image? Is someone who glues together magazine photos not an artist because the images are not their original work?
I'm not claiming that everyone who types a prompt is another Rembrandt, but I would suggest your assessment is too narrow.