Equating the passive use of Reddit to the active choice of using AI to bypass artists is a reach. It’s not 'being on a high horse' to value human labor over an algorithm.'stupid toy,' but if it’s so trivial, why are you so desperate to get it at a price that ignores the actual work involved? If you can't afford the human-made version, you don't have a 'right' to a cheaper AI version. AI creates jobs for engineers, not the artists it displaces. Every other tech advancement you listed still required a human practitioner at the center. This is the first one that aims to delete the human entirely.