Chuck:
At the risk of further perpetuating this already insanely too-long thread, your posit is dire indeed.
If a machine can replicate an engraving pattern by programming a graver, is the result real "engraving."??? I doubt it.

But , just as machines now create "chequering", is the product really chequering?

Or is it simply machine-made wood knurling? Worthless except for tractive grip?

The issue to me is "soul." Or more precisely, human hand. That which lacks it is simply utilitarian product for consumption.