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Regarding your last paragraph, it is possible that a new law or licensing convention will benefit some but I can not think of a law or licensing convention that currently exists that has greatly benefited humanity. In all the examples I can come up with, bureaucrats seem gain the most benefit by being the ones enforcing said regulations.

As far as AI taking over jobs, that argument has been made many times before with each new tech. Think of the farriers and buggy whip manufacturers displaced from the automobile, or the typing pools that vanished with fax machines and later on email.

More specific to your concerns; In the past, The printing press, photocopiers, cameras and many more were seen as a threat to the artist but the creative ones found a way to work with the new tech and did just fine.

I think your heart is in the right place, maybe leaning a bit further to the left than me, but in any case I wouldn't be too worried about the creative arts, when art becomes common and it's value is diminished, the creative people find a new way!