Like many people my age, I was born at the intersection of the computer and the boom of the industrial age. A time when we wrote love letters and drew crayon pictures. Today we are in the age of artificial intelligence, and the critics of artificial intelligence say it would signal the end of creatives. AI’s manifestation was a threat to writers and artists, and now it has crept into every sector, ranging from programmers to advisors. Are these critics right?

With just a few keyboard instructions, AI can take over so many jobs that creators used to do. But we should never forget that with the birth of the computer there was also a clamour that it would signify the end of human ingenuity at the expense of human productivity. It’s been decades since the birth of the first computer until now, and human ingenuity has only grown to build what could become a superintelligence superior to ours.

I say what could become, because I realize that human ingenuity only has to be stretched for it to find its full potential, and AI, while it may explode the quantity of creatives, would never extinguish the quality of creatives.

Today, we often marvel at the accomplishments of ancient civilizations, such as the pyramids, Michelangelo’s David, Beethoven’s music, DaVinci’s anatomical studies, and many other lofty standards of creation. Creations that seem nearly impossible to replicate today by modern man with his modern tools.

I say that every age of man bears within it and provided by nature the tools necessary to fashion the world as they want it. So, it is alarming that governments are obsessed with constructing weapons of annihilation. However, back to the topic, what role would AI accomplish in the nurturing of the exercising of our creative potentials?

So much. So, so much the probabilities are endless.

Many people come to AI, unlike the way they approached the computer. I remember first having to go to a computer school and learning how to type on the keyboard, understanding the very basics of the internet and how the computer runs. The dynamics have changed for many people who grew up with computers, and even now many children born could operate a computer or a smartphone even before they can talk. Using the computer became as common as operating the television.

People haven’t learned to use AI. Therefore, the belief that AI will end creativity shows our poor usage and acceptance of critics’ beliefs. When we learn to use AI as we learnt to use the computer, we would realize that it will usher us into the next level of masterpieces.