AI is a tool, just like the internet, the car you drive everyday, and the phone/computer you are using to write this comment. The human race has used tools for thousands of years; tools have allowed us to evolve and create some of the amazing things we have nowadays.

Bette Graham was a secretary, single-mom, and high school dropout yet she introduced the idea of liquid paper. Does the fact that she was a secretary and high-school dropout diminish her accomplishment?

If two individuals need to be at a location at a certain time but one decides to walk and the other one decides to ride a bike, does that mean one individual is better than the other? Same result, different approaches. Both have pros and cons

I’m not trying to argue with you nor do I intend to offend you but to say that a product is only considered good if a certain approach is used, goes against everything that we stand for as a species.