And many will likely lose their jobs - especially those who refuse to learn how to use it.

I get that, and it’s certainly tragic for any individual who is affected. But that’s how the graphic design industry has always worked. Get with the new tech or get left behind. Few people are hand-painting signs any more.

Call me obtuse, but were people upset when the first movie poster was created digitally instead of hand-painted / hand-pasted?

Who are the people who put together the ideas and concepts for this intro? Who created the prompts, decided if they were fitting, edited them afterwards etc. etc.? Are they not artists? Is AI generated imagery not just another tool in a visual artists toolkit?

The main issue I have with Lemmy however is the profound lack of discoverability for communities. This is exacerbated on smaller instances. It is human nature to want to be where many people are, and Fediverse instances are no exception there.