AI Is a Tool. Creativity Is Still Ours.
A few months ago, I found myself sitting in front of a spinning piece of clay. There were around twelve of us in the pottery class. We had the same teacher, the same instructions, and roughly the same amount of clay. We were all trying to accomplish the same thing: make a plate. You might expect twelve similar plates. That isn’t what happened. Some were wide and flat. Others were deeper, smaller, or slightly uneven. Mine had its own shape too. We had started with the same material and followed the same instructions, so why were the results so different? Because the tool and the material were only part of the process. Each of us used a different amount of water. We applied different pressure with our hands. We pushed the pedal with different intensity and frequency. We reacted differently when the clay started moving in a direction we didn’t expect. The final object wasn’t created by the clay or the pottery wheel alone. It was shaped by the person using them. And lately, I’ve been th...