I think of it more like Ikea furniture produced in a factory vs an artisans hand-crafted chair. One of them is made with love and care, the other is an industrial product, one of millions. The difference with video games is the artisan's chair is cheaper than the Ikea product.

Because the tool threatens to put the majority of them out of business and jobs.

The rest of their arguments, however illogical, all stem from this core of the fear of losing their livelihood.

I feel it is more like a restaurant advertising cooking from basic ingredients instead of heating ultra processed prefabs. With power tools you do not limit your creative options.

Generative AI isn't a tool, it's an oracle.

You understand the difference? Instead of improving your skills, you just spin the prompt roulette and hope the AI gods gift you with something palatable.

The problem with AI isn't really the tool itself, it's the fact that the tool is only able to produce because it has stolen the work of real artists to rip them off, and then take their jobs...