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Yea, I never get these types of "AI killed the joy of insert hobby" arguments. By virtue of it being a hobby, I can make the conscious choice not to use AI for it. Really, there should be very few technological advances that can ever kill something that is truly a hobby (for example, people still knit, do metalworking, glassblowing, etc.). Now, if you want to get paid for working inefficiently compared to others, then yes, that will never happen.

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There are some people who feel the hobby is meaningless if they know the machine is better at it.

And well, I entered the field professionally because I liked it, and I feel sort of like the rug was pulled under me. Sucks to be one of us I guess.

Those people aren’t pursuing a hobby, they’ve mentally signed themselves up for a competition with one entrant.

Where does it say anything about a hobby? The author is an entrepreneur. They're complaining that they're no longer enjoying a part of their job they used to enjoy, and your contribution is "it's a job, not a hobby, if you don't like it then boo hoo".

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