Technology

People using it to spit out entire projects is terrible though and it's destroying the open source ecosystem by making it difficult to find projects that aren't jank and likely to be immediately abandoned

This is a temporary issue; if a project you are interested in gets abandoned, fork it and maintain it (with AI). The problem is that too many people are rejecting the tool that can mitigate the issue. If history is any indication, this is just growing pains, and won't last long.

But in regards to generating any sort of art media, there is no good output or skilled creators because there's no skill or effort put into it

I really don't mean this to sound harsh, but what you're saying here is gatekeeping and inaccurate.

I can give you an entire movie studio with everything you need to create a movie, including writers, actors, special effects, etc-- leaving only the directing to you, and you can still output garbage. Just having all the tools at your disposal doesn't make something good quality. However, if we put a skilled director in that same exact situation, and the output will be significantly better. AI can handle much of the process, but that doesn't mean there's no skill or effort involved.

Additionally, writing prompts does involve creativity. Coming up with an idea is a creative process. To lean on your metaphor, coming up with an interesting and delicious dish is the creative aspect of the process, not just cooking it.