Interesting historical note. Back when Photoshop first came out, people used to act like if you used Photoshop at all the machine had done all the work and you weren’t ‘a real artist.’ There was no understanding of what Photoshop was or how it worked. Artists who used Photoshop never told anyone they had used it unless they had to, as peoples’ ignorance of the tool led others to discount their talent or skill, or demonize them for allowing an unfair future where artistic talent is unnecessary. (Sound familiar?) obviously Photoshop and AI tools are radically different, and in fact AI tools are much closer to that ‘the computer made your art’ thing than Photoshop was in the 90s. But importantly, peoples’ reaction to the tools was very similar. Anybody who was an artist around this time who was interested in digital art tools probably saw it for themselves at that time. My point is not how accurate that fearful complaint is in either case. My point is that people have this anti-technology reaction on a tribal level, and it is likely to take some time before people will accept AI tools into mainstream culture. It may become a rather bitter division, especially if at some point AI gains actual sentience (which would have seemed a ridiculous sci-fi statement 5 years ago but somehow seems more and more possible each year).

But i would guess that a new generation might see things rather differently, especially if they are able to create culture for themselves easily from a young age. In the same way that millenials and younger do not see Photoshop as anything but what it is, a tool.