I think in all of those other examples you provide, a person still had to do something.
- take a photo of a subject
- paint something
- pick up a guitar
Whereas asking the computer in the lowest effort possible to do said thing for you “draw me this”, “make a song that sounds like this”, requires zero effort/skill and results in no improvement of your own ability.
By that rational, Autocad is bad because it doesn't require the same skill as Draftsmen.
Effort, labor, is not a reflection of creativity or skill.
I have a decent sense of design, I can tell you if something looks off, but I say to designers all the time "I cant do what you do, take what I say with a grain of salt". I have rubber ducked non technical people and gotten questions that steered me in better directions...
AI Doesn't make me a good designer, AI doesn't make me a better coder.
Who is going to do a better job framing a house. Someone with 20 years of experience with a hammer and a hand saw or someone who has never built a house with a nail gun and a circular saw.
The AI has no taste, no talent, it simply does what it's told. The crappy content is a result of it producing what it has been asked to produce.
- take a photo of a subject
- paint something
- pick up a guitar
Whereas asking the computer in the lowest effort possible to do said thing for you “draw me this”, “make a song that sounds like this”, requires zero effort/skill and results in no improvement of your own ability.