Generative “AI”: The Guitar Hero of Creativity

So, you’re a person who has decided to embark on a creative journey of self-expression — to make art, in other words. First off, this is awesome! The universe needs more people making art, whether that art is writing, painting, music or any other form that humans are capable of creating. You have the drive, now all you need is to find an instrument. Will it be a guitar? A pen? A paint brush? A camera? Yarn for fiber art? What will you choose to take those first steps into a larger creative world? What? You say you’re just going to type prompts into a generative “AI” interface? After all, with a single sentence, generative “AI” can plop out something that seems passably like music, or writing, or illustration, or whatever. It’s super-easy to use and results, at least at first glance, look… pretty good! It seems like an effective way to jump into a creative life, no? Well… there are lots of counter-arguments creative people might make to this (not the least of which is that prompting a…