AI can make you more creative—but it has limits
Will AI be used to produce amazing essays? (which could infantilize writers)
Or will AI be used to produce amazing writers (rewarding their effort)
In the end, it’s hopefully some kind of fusion. AI editors can help writers learn, upskill, improve, think, experiment, etc. Writers will still do the work & write manual prose. Yet, they might also b
... See moreI think that the appearance of generative AI with its seemingly magical abilities to unleash the creative beast lurking inside all of us has broken our brains a little bit and it has become difficult to think straight when it comes to the intersection of the technology and humanity and what being creative involves.
John Warner • Speed and Efficiency are not Human Values
Generative A.I. appeals to people who think they can express themselves in a medium without actually working in that medium.