AI Is More Creative Than 99% of Humans — on One Metric

But now, when my brain spontaneously forms a tiny sliver of a potentially interesting concept or idea, I can just shove a few sloppy words into a prompt and almost instantly get a fully reasoned, researched, and completed thought. Minimal organic thinking required. This has had a dramatic and profound effect on my brain. My thinking systems have at... See more

As calculators shifted math from rote computation to conceptual exploration, AI nudges creativity towards the uniquely human - the emotional, the ethical, the culturally resonant. It’s not a duel at dawn with paintbrushes or pianos but a partnership, with AI as the trusty sidekick, expanding the canvas of human expression.

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Until the age of AI, being more productive was the best way to stand out at work. But now, as bots and algorithms supplant mundane and repetitive labor in the workplace, the benefits of human labor will shift to the skills and capabilities that are uniquely human . Chief among them: creativity. Think compelling ways to visualize data, better ways t... See more

By which I mean, does this work carry the unmistakable fingerprint of human creativity, perspective, and lived experience. Of course the irony is I use LLMs to aid me in producing the work, but as a whole AI makes average attainable by anyone, and therefore raises the bar for what is considered exceptional.