This reminds me of an old saying “Please encourage your children to read the bible, we need more atheists.”
Today we have greater access to tools of all kinds; word processors (Walter Isaacson has the same copy of Word you do), music mixers, movie editing suites, and design tools. An Avid editing suite used to cost upwards of $50k all in, now you can get Final Cut for a reasonable sum, or use the free copy of iMovie. Spielberg isn’t worried though.
Potentially, access to these tools has the ability to help people to appreciate the sensitivity, training, and experience it takes to design good product. In some cases it uncovers some hidden latent talent. Both are wins for the profession in my view.
So I think you both are right. We can encourage access while we advocate the value of expertise.