“Presumably for the OP this kind of work was either outside of their realm of knowledge,”
Unnecessary? I don’t even follow the statement’s framing even if I validated the apparent nerdswipe tendency.
When you outsource to the slop machine, you don't have anything interesting to say (usually).
I will say that my projects have a "leading the pack" anti-AI policy [1]
Is the "anti AI mob" in the room with us right now? If not, why did you feel the need to lament it?