I think your response misses pretty important distinctions between art and practical pursuits.
People get upset when other people use AI in the arts because the point is largely human expression. Technical virtuosity isn't even necessarily the most important thing in art (just look at modern art and how common the philistine refrain of "my kid could do that" is).
Art doesn't serve a utilitarian function. Using AI for it largely misses the point, and I think that's what people get upset about. It's like showing up to play tag and saying "actually I'm going to play hide and seek instead" you aren't following the established social norms of the game.
Contests, in general, always ways have restrictions around them, because they are meant to test particular human feats. I'm sure plenty of future contests will have rules against AI just as today plenty of contests arbitrarily limit technologies for the good of the competition (e.g. no doping in sports).
To respond to this situation by emphasizing the utilitarian function and value of AI is to completely miss the point.
People get upset when other people use AI in the arts because the point is largely human expression. Technical virtuosity isn't even necessarily the most important thing in art (just look at modern art and how common the philistine refrain of "my kid could do that" is).
Art doesn't serve a utilitarian function. Using AI for it largely misses the point, and I think that's what people get upset about. It's like showing up to play tag and saying "actually I'm going to play hide and seek instead" you aren't following the established social norms of the game.
Contests, in general, always ways have restrictions around them, because they are meant to test particular human feats. I'm sure plenty of future contests will have rules against AI just as today plenty of contests arbitrarily limit technologies for the good of the competition (e.g. no doping in sports).
To respond to this situation by emphasizing the utilitarian function and value of AI is to completely miss the point.