I'm really tired of these arguments (this and "it's just like calculators").
Photography decimated other forms of visual art, so the concern wasn't wrong. But AI threatens the entirety of human intellectual endeavors. I can make do without oil paintings in my home. I'm not sure I want to live in a future where we make do without brains.
Humans still have brains (and thus human intellect) even in the presence of AI... Even today, people make varying use of their brains.
Lots of people still make bad music that other people still manage to enjoy (a lot of it has gone multi-platinum!) even though they're not Mozart or Bach.
Had me until the last word. Cameras did take away oil paintings, but not eyes.
you can still get oil paintings in your house. you just arent willing to pay for actual art