Paul, your points assume an already existing body of knowledge on your part, and all of the equipment, software, etc necessary to acquire and process an image. Many others, especially those thinking about getting into astro imaging, or visual observation, will have a learning curve and an investment curve, not to mention the time required.
For a person just developing an interest, Astro AI offers an incredible shortcut in their knowledge building. Face it, just about anything you can image, or observe, is already imaged and stored on the Net somewhere. The tools are already available to view these objects at various focal lengths, in various filter packs, etc in high definition.
For those of us that have gone through the Astro learning and investment curve, i suspect many are as in love with the process as much as the outcome. It is a ritual that we find satisfying. And we spend a lot of time talking here about process.
For New generations, the learning curve will flatten significantly, allowing less obsessive involvement in curating a process, and more time for other things. They will likely not need to buy equipment, worry about the weather, etc, as the AI can give them what they seek.
Sure there is no one Astro AI solution, just a click away today, but people are out there working on it.
