If you ask me to get you a screencap from Dune, I'm going to go get a screencap from Dune.
If you ask me to draw you a stick figure of the Muad'Dib with crayons, I'm going to draw you a stick figure of the Muad'Dib with crayons.
If you ask me to paint you a watercolor landscape of Arrakis, I'm going to tell you to fuck off because I can't.
I'm onboard with these things not being "true AI", but don't act like we're anything special ourselves. I'm interested in this stuff in the same way that I'm interested in the fire I start in the woodstove every night. I see a small flickering of the flames and know that it's going to turn into a roaring fire, but I like watching the path it takes to get there.