They're dismissive because we've had the same moral panics before with the introduction of photography, then sound recordings, and then digital art tools, and then vector art, and then 3D, and also the Internet to an extent, and...
You can see where this is going, right? In the end, humanity and even artists will be fine overall, even if the world changes.
This feels different to me. This isn’t the camera going from film to digital. This is the camera taking over the photo creation process, and developing them, and selling them. What’s the point of the human?
It feels different because you are living through the change. What happened before is something you read about and already know the outcome. Future generations will say the same.
You can see where this is going, right? In the end, humanity and even artists will be fine overall, even if the world changes.