

I think it’s great for when you’re looking for answers and need follow up questions (when it gives you accurate answers). It’s been great at work when I’ve been stuck on some technical stuff.
But at a consumer level, I think that’s as far as it should go. Image and video generation, in my opinion, shouldn’t be a thing for the public. It’s a too higher cost in terms of environment and resource usage just to have slop videos that give us a chuckle for our entertainment. That should be reserved for proper things like scientific and medical research - at least that would eventually have a net benefit to society I suppose.
Your second paragraph is spot on. Exactly what is happening.