Your analogy doesn't track because there's no one new being introduced into the process, just the same people using newer tools.

There's zero ethics and licensing issues, in my humble opinion, any more than there are ethics/licensing issues when a builder watches documentaries on public broadcasting to learn how to build. The knowledge is ingested and incorporated, not copied and redistributed. However, I've argued with enough anti-AI zealots to know I'll never convince you otherwise, so I won't even try.

It is very real lunacy. Time will tell, I'm just trying to save people the heartache ahead of time. It's likely a lost cause, but at least I tried.