Like most new things that come along (see 3D Printing, CNC machining, the printing press) there will always be people who are staunchly against the latest and greatest. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of A.I because of the nature of the companies pulling the strings and the ever relevant mantra of "if you're not paying for it, you're the product".
It has it's uses and for many, allows them to "create" (I use the term loosely as this word is losing meaning these days) their vision with relative ease, but in a world where we have been told from day dot "It's about the journey, not the destination", A.I seems very much about shortcutting the journey and getting to the destination. A lot of friends that are in creative roles, are scared sh*tless about the advances of A.I as their industries are getting decimated, and whilst I'm sure there will be people who believe that if a role can be taken over by a computer, then it wasn't much of a role to begin with, it's the fact that the hard work, and creativity of these... well, creative people, is being used to educate said A.I, often without consent.
Adding to that, the more nefarious uses of A.I, where even skilled people who are technically, and digitally adept, are finding it more and more difficult to discern what is legitimate and what is A.I generated, in a world where information, and indeed misinformation is used to sway the masses, particularly in the political arena, we are in for a world of hurt and mistrust in the not too distant future.
In short, the tool, in certain ways, has it's uses, but the broad spectrum adoption by a lot of companies to try and save a buck (e.g Marvel using it to create opening credits in a TV instead of paying skilled artists) is detrimental to what creativity is all about.
We have strayed far from the ideal of computers and machinery doing the hard work freeing up humanity to be creative (an infantile ideal, I know), because much like the invention of the mill loom and printing press, and a litany of other advancements in history, rather than freeing up humans to enjoy more of their life, it just allows the ones at the top to demand more productivity and "efficiency" in a race for a better bottom line
