Will AI cultivate or curb our creativity?

You may have noticed I’ve been using the ChatGPT language model and some image generation tools like MidJourney recently to produce some material for the blog. Mostly, it has been experimentation to see what these so-called AI tools might be capable of. They’re all very clever but also very limited. At least as far as the free ones are concerned. I’ve not tried any of the paid tools and have no idea how powerful any of the under-the-counter AI tools are. ChatGPT is essentially a very, very, very sophisticated autocomplete tool. At the basic level, autocomplete kicks in on your phone when you’re typing a message or in a search engine. Based on prior activity or training with a database, autocomplete suggests what word might come next after you type your first one or two. It’s statistical. If I start typing “I love…”, the chances are the next word is going to be a subject of that love, it could be “you”, “coffee”, “sciencebase” etc. Usually, the autocomplete will give you options and you can click or tap to complete the phrase “I love sciencebase”. That’s the most obvious one isn’t it? Such simple autocomplete tools may have some initial built-in training, common phrases for instance, they may also learn from you each time you complete a phrase yourself or accept of correct the software’s suggestions. Now, picture ChatGPT as simply having a much broader training. It...
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