Same principle for work and homework. "If the task gets done, who cares if I had a tool do it for me?" "If I made the deadline and got a good grade, who cares if an algorithm put words in my mouth?" It got done, and that's all they care about. Quality, integrity, learning anything? Unimportant.

They do, wholeheartedly. "AI" proponents all too often find no value in putting their own time and effort into what they're doing. They only care about getting to the endgoal. "Art isn't art, because of the technical skills required and thought behind it. It's art, because it's pretty."

You GOTTA stop being so desperately afraid of the audience. Look at me. Look in my eyeballs. Stop being so desperate for approval. Stop writing for the whiny babies in your audience and start writing for the freaks who like cool fucked up shit

For AO3's sake, I hope they never do.