I think that's a good way to put it, but there's still a problem.
The path of a digital artist is long and arduous. For a time on this path, the artist may be considered mediocre, or to put it better, they are an apprentice.
Just as in other physical trades, an apprentice who is mediocre at their craft can still practice aspects of that craft well enough to be useful and earn some money. It is also through practice that the apprentice improves their skills. In this way, the apprentice is financially supported and even incentivized to improve at their trade, until one day they become truly good at it.
So what things like DALL-E and Github Co-Pilot and your clip art package do is displace the apprentice. With no path of mediocrity for the apprentice to walk, to earn a stipend for training, how then can they receive the financial support necessary to train until they're a master? They would need to already be independently wealthy or receive financial assistance.
In order to train more master artists and programmers, we would need to provide them with financial support while they train without us receiving anything useful in return.
The path of a digital artist is long and arduous. For a time on this path, the artist may be considered mediocre, or to put it better, they are an apprentice.
Just as in other physical trades, an apprentice who is mediocre at their craft can still practice aspects of that craft well enough to be useful and earn some money. It is also through practice that the apprentice improves their skills. In this way, the apprentice is financially supported and even incentivized to improve at their trade, until one day they become truly good at it.
So what things like DALL-E and Github Co-Pilot and your clip art package do is displace the apprentice. With no path of mediocrity for the apprentice to walk, to earn a stipend for training, how then can they receive the financial support necessary to train until they're a master? They would need to already be independently wealthy or receive financial assistance.
In order to train more master artists and programmers, we would need to provide them with financial support while they train without us receiving anything useful in return.