Artists and creatives might be the best fit for AI as it currently works.
One of the fundamentals of human creativity is copying.
Copying, and transforming.
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Art students might sit on museum floors and sketch copies of paintings and sculptures.
Musicians almost always learn to play other musicians' songs.
AI works exactly the same way, only without the creative human spark that brings transformation.
So wouldn’t it be the perfect artist sidekick?
AI technologies can be powerful tools that help humans in the creative process.
But as a quick ideas generator, AI is incredible.
“I believe that AI may be able to one day reach the capability of a ‘collaborator’.
M. S. Thorntontold Lifewire via email.
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Creative people respond well to prompts and limitations.
Thus, it’s creatively stunted within a certain box it can’t escape,” says Thornton.
