Will the difference between mass-produced glossy garbage and unique results of sustained human effort and productivity become ever more pronounced, leading to a massive increase in the value of the latter in the eyes of not just connoiseurs, but the masses as well?


Sure. You’re going to have to do almost everything yourself or barter when our economy and society collapse.
I’m not a doomer, necessarily, but this bubble and the kind of people pushing it seem to actively want a bad ending. They are pushing this from other non-“ai” angles too.