I'm fully aware that I'm stretching the argument and analogies. However, I find all of these expressions ("Capturing the moment", "has a different aim") vague and full of gaps. Maybe it's because I never fully got photography, in a way. The difference between "capturing the moment" and "writing prompt" is that the former has a more romantic feel to it, but let's not forget that some of the most well-known photographies were staged to look spontaneous. And suddenly photography is just an exercise of story-telling and technique (light, exposure, etc), which is not that different from "harnessing the algorithm" to do the same.
Also, we're comparing an art 150 years in the making (with its schools, philosophies, heroes) with one in its infancy.
Also, we're comparing an art 150 years in the making (with its schools, philosophies, heroes) with one in its infancy.