It’s only ever the mass production that is most affected, individual skills might become less significant but never less useful or less capable of creating artistic works. Sketch artists were “replaced” by photographers, traditional artists were “replaced” by digital artists, AI assisted tools just expands the toolbox of digital artists.
If you go far enough into history, you’ll find people mocking things that fully take over our lives.
Everything from people mocking TV being a passing fad, to the internet, to even cell phones.
It’s only ever the mass production that is most affected, individual skills might become less significant but never less useful or less capable of creating artistic works. Sketch artists were “replaced” by photographers, traditional artists were “replaced” by digital artists, AI assisted tools just expands the toolbox of digital artists.