Artificial Intelligence: Is it going to replace human creativity?

In support of my argument, I would like to offer the following instances for your consideration. For starters, since Day 1 of KSFL happened to fall on a working day, it is obvious that AI won't be able to boast to a fellow attendee at the LitFest, "Oh, you know, I had to put in a leave application at work, because I am such a literary enthusiast." Of course, AI doesn't have a boss who checks the list of absentees for the day the moment she arrives at the office.

- SUPREET GILL

For the last few years, since Artificial Intelligence and other associated creative writing tools became popular, small-time aspiring writers like myself have been quaking in our boots, wondering if AI would send us packing to the land of anonymous mediocrity, leaving only the literary bigwigs to roam the literary earth. My recent visit to the Khushwant Singh Lit Fest at Kasauli Club turned out to be an eye-opening experience that led to a remarkable revelation.

If one prompts any AI tool to describe something, let's say the Lit Fest in this case—it will quickly rummage through all the newspapers and websites which widely reported the event and provide the searcher with a strikingly accurate description with acute detail of what transpired at the event. It'll regurgitate a Wikipedia-worthy description faster than anyone can say "Ctrl+C or Ctrl+V." It will not only use better vocabulary than me but also generate a meticulously crafted list of eminent panelists and attendees, as well as specifics on what they said and their illustrious careers spanning decades. However, what it will not give the reader is a humanized version of the event, which only a human can perceive. My interactions with people at the Lit Fest pushed me to delve into the question that has been giving several artists sleepless nights: Can AI replace human creativity? Can it capture the essence of a human experience? The answer is a vehement NO!!