I've been thinking a lot about artificial intelligence and creativity lately.
As someone living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, technology has been one of the greatest enablers in my life. It has given me opportunities to collaborate in ways that simply wouldn't have existed a generation ago. Because of that, I don't see AI or technology as something to fear.
But it has made me wonder about something.
As a songwriter, I try to tell stories with music that encourage, challenge and inspire. If AI eventually becomes capable of autonomously creating songs, films, paintings and novels that are indistinguishable from those made by humans, what actually makes our creativity different?
Is it the quality of the finished work?
Or is it the fact that every human creation carries lived experience behind it, whether that's love, grief, faith, hope, disappointment or joy?
I'd genuinely be interested to hear how other people think about this.
If a piece of music moves you, does it matter whether it came from someone who lived the experiences behind creating it, or is the end result all that really matters?
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