I hear a lot of podcasters complaining about it because of how it will impact jobs in the creativity fields, but they aren't considering how much opportunity it opens up for average people in daily life.

You have struck upon what 99.9% of the people miss about technology. We hear discussions about inflation and how much it is jumping. Yet then we hear about jobs being lost, which is deflationary.

What is not discussed is the fact that standards of living go up.

To your point, I generated a movie poster in about 15 seconds. This was about 6 months ago so it is now "dated" from a technology standpoint. Nevertheless, I have no skill in this area yet was able to generate an image that rivaled (although not perfect) the movie studio poster from the ere (it was a 1980s film).

How much did the studio spend on the design? And I did it in 15 seconds.

So I agree with you. For all the complaining, what we have is abundance. There was a time when photography was very difficult. Today, we are nearing 3 trillions photos taken annually. With generative AI, how many more photos will be created each year?

People overlook the abundance that is before them.