I LAQ with a computerized system. I echo what's been said, it is a different skill, it does take ample time, it's not just push a button and go. One has to build the sandwich, pick the design(s), threads, make sure everything is correct.
It's still a machine and you have to get to 'common grounds' with that machine to work flawlessly. I have spent as much as 40 quilting hours on LAQ'ing on one quilt. I could go on but you get the jest.
That said - I think every quilt show should differentiate in Computerized quilting (including those that computerize their embroidery work for the quilting process) vs hand guided LAQ vs FMQ on a DSM vs hand quilting. They each require their own skill set. And any comparison of those types to each other are clearly not equal.
So let me toss this to you, only because I am curious - when you see embroidery work, do you dismiss that that has been done by a sewing / embroidery machine?