The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.
Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.
Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
There's some entertainment value in watching people juggle nitroglycerin.
I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.