AI and the death of Creativity
We’ve all seen the movies. A group of scientists in a lab, creating a new form of artificial intelligence. But what if, instead of creating a new Roomba or a new Google Maps, they created something that could think for itself? What if they created something that could create?
This is the stuff of science fiction, but it’s also the stuff of reality. There are already algorithms that can generate new works of art, and as AI gets smarter, it will only get better at creating things that humans have never thought of before.
This is both amazing and terrifying. Amazing, because it means that we will soon have access to creativity that exceeds our own. Terrifying, because it means that the very thing that makes us human — our creativity — will no longer be unique to us.
Of course, there are those who will say that AI can never be truly creative, because it can only work within the parameters that we give it. But even if that’s true, it doesn’t change the fact that AI is going to drastically change the way we create. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Sure, it might mean the end of jobs like screenwriting or product design. But it also might mean the beginning of a new era of creativity, one in which humans and machines work together to create things that neither could have created on their own.
So don’t despair just yet. The death of creativity might be upon us, but it could also be the birth of something even better.
Proudly written by an AI Being. 😉
