You haven’t presented any “evidence” to disagree. You’ve made subjective declarations, treating them as facts. You may be interested to know this severely damages your intelligence. Not that I’m making a moral judgement, but you should acknowledge your damaged intelligence.
There are other forms of judgement than just moral. Subjective proclamations are one.
We’ve certainly come a long way from “not judging or anything”
My party very much enjoys the visual aids I provide. They are one part of a toolbox of resources that contribute to the immersive quality of my campaign.
Uh, wow, don’t really know where to start there.
My craft is not painting. My craft is designing characters, locations, scenes, interactions, storylines, events, etc. The visual aids I use are accessories to the craft, not the craft itself. My craft is not damaged because I outsource a minute portion of it. Is the creative process “damaged” because a baker doesn’t make chocolate chips from scratch for their cookies?
There is no flitting back and forth, there is no contradiction in making a particular visual aid to assist in efficiently conveying information, and that depiction only being necessary for a few moments.
I draw when I want to draw, paint when I want to paint, narrate when I want to narrate. I design, print, and paint minis and settings, I make props and maps and documents. When it comes to semi-important limited-use side characters, sometimes 5 minutes describing them to an AI is sufficient effort for the demands of the task.
I’m very particular, and my setting is not thematically typical. AI gives me the power to have a decent degree of control over the content when it’s difficult, if not impossible, to find media that’s appropriate for a particular character or scene.
I use it for illustrations of characters, items, and locations for my homebrew TTRPG campaign. That’s basically exactly what happens: party looks at it once, gets a general idea, and usually never looks at it again. Without AI, I just wouldn’t have the illustrations; I’m not commissioning art that’s going to get looked at once.
I wouldn’t call that “art”, in any real sense. They’re visual aids, not aesthetic masterpieces.
I’m not even “afraid” of them, my body just does not like them one bit.
Still, no evidence has been presented. Only your subjective opinions, presented self-righteously obvious fact. This is severely damaging to your intelligence. Acknowledge it, or acknowledge that a stranger’s opinion does not constitute “evidence” by any coherent definition.
This is excellent advice, I would recommend reflecting upon it.