Those who say AI will never match human creativity are wrong


AI is, among other things, a web scraper, a gatherer of what’s out there, a synthesiser. But so are writers, says this writer. — AFP

MOST of the academic writers I know acknowledge that artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to encroach on their field, including the ability to write a cogent essay demonstrating critical thought.

If it’s a bit bland or generic, well, so are a lot of student essays that we’ve read over the years. But we still claim as uniquely human the ability to write creatively. Only humans can combine feelings and words and their own associations to form art.

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