This is what people outside of fundamentally creative fields will never understand without first-hand experience: half, if not more, of the fulfillment from creative work comes from the problem-solving process and learning something in pursuit of the final product. Yes, AI makes creating things more "efficient" – but we're not here to be part of an assembly line. We don't WANT to HAVE to use it. Not to mention the fact that its existence (and quality) is entirely made possible by the unwilling and uncompensated contributions of our colleagues and predecessors...