Technology is like knowledge, none of it is bad, the way you use may be the problem (like knowledge). Internet was created for war purposes, and now it's way for people around the world to learn, interact and know new cultures, so something that began with a "bad" purpose becomes good just because we use it differently now.
"Those same professionals shouldn’t have to upgrade their skills to support the degeneracy of humankind. If millions of people wish to drive trucks, they have that right. Likewise with art."
Two things here, professionally speaking if a doctor about to perform a surgery on you refused to upgrade his skills about using new technologies that make the operation a lot less aggressive with way higher chances of success rate to you would you still let him do the surgery on you?
Second, "If millions of people wish to drive trucks" of course, nobody is saying you can't drive trucks, you don't use a smartphone right? And you're happy, so we are all good, but professionally speaking that's not the case, as I said in the doctor situation, if there's a new technology that prevents accident a lot more than driving your own truck and it's way more friendly to the environment, then it's undoubtedly better than professionally hiring a truck driver, but if one still wants to drive his truck, that's up to him to decide.
You are confusing the technology with the use of it. Blaming the technology is the same thing as blaming the car for a drunk driving car accident. If we create a technology that allows us to do clean and sustainable energy, but people use it to make nukes that can destroy the whole planet, it's not the scientists nor the technology to blame, but the way that people that are using.