It super does take more energy and resources to generate an image with ai than someone drawing it, yes.

I think your perspective of art is scewed. No two people make art the same. Everyone has their own style and it's always a reflection of that person and their experiences. It's something no other person or robot can make.

Drawing is not a monolith. No art is.

So saying "oh a robot can do that for me" is false, it can't make your unique art.

Doing the art is also kind of the point, but if you really care only about the end result, just write a bot to play video games for you so get a perfect score. After all beating the game is all that matters, right?