"AI is just a tool" is meant as a counterpoint to AI producing slop [1]. It isnt that there aren't ethical/societal implications with it as with everything we do in society.
[1] If you take the slop and manually fix/improve/verify it to production value it can be immensely valuable.
[1] If you take the slop and manually fix/improve/verify it to production value it can be immensely valuable.