I 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.

whenever some new technology rolls around that lowers the barrier to making art (or whatever skill), existing practitioners often shy away from using it by claiming it’s “not real,” hiding behind the belief that they’re purists and often attack new work for being low effort.

this post is not about ethical arguments surrounding AI generated content. ... See more