AI Boosters Should Improve Editing Skills

AI boosters who believe that the use of artificial intelligence in creative work is the future seem to be missing an important aspect of creativity – knowing when to stop. Many proponents of AI art have claimed that beloved pieces of art, such as the Mona Lisa or Abbey Road album cover, can be infinitely extended using AI. While this idea might be tempting, it neglects an essential part of creativity which is the ability to build upon what has been done without endless repetition. Creative ventures often begin by expanding upon something already done; when the author was six years old, she wrote a short story in the Catwings universe created by the author Ursula K. Le Guin. In this way, creativity can be a process of extension, but it must also end somewhere.