When I Was Your Age #2, We Didn’t Need AI to Be Creative | The Debate on AI Content Creation

When I Was Your Age #2, We Didn’t Need AI to Be Creative – The Debate on AI Content Creation

 

By Cornelius Hawthorne & Nova Lane

 

Nova: Corny Baby, AI is revolutionizing creativity! It’s making content creation faster, more personalized, and more accessible than ever.

 

Writers, musicians, and artists can push their creativity to new heights. It’s an exciting time!

 

Cornelius: First of all, stop calling me Corny Baby. Second, relying on machines for creativity? That’s a slippery slope.

 

Whatever happened to the human touch? Art, literature, and storytelling are meant to be expressions of the soul, not algorithms piecing together words like a puzzle.

 

Nova: Oh, please. Like humans haven’t always relied on outside input for creativity? Do you think every great novel was written in a vacuum?

 

Writers collaborate with editors, actors bring their own takes to scripts, and even reporters depend on field journalists for the facts they present.

 

This is just another tool—just like typewriters, film cameras and Photoshop. I mean you remember what it was like when they invented the wheel.

 

Cornelius: (frowning) Very funny. Comparing AI to a typewriter is like comparing a gourmet chef to a microwave dinner.

A typewriter doesn’t think for you, Nova. It doesn’t generate entire books in seconds, remixing stolen ideas and pretending it’s original.

 

Nova: Oh, so now it’s just a glorified art thief? You do realize that creativity has always been about borrowing and building on what came before?

 

Shakespeare borrowed from mythology, Star Wars copied samurai films, and every fashion trend you claim to hate has already been done before.

 

This is just the next evolution of that remix culture.

 

Cornelius: I don’t hate fashion! I’ve always been partial to a nice wide-lapel suit and some bell-bottoms—back when style had flair, not whatever ‘vibe’ you kids are chasing now.

 

And borrowing is one thing, but this isn’t borrowing—it’s regurgitating. It scrapes the internet, mashes up other people’s work, and spits out something vaguely original but ultimately hollow.

 

Would you rather read a novel painstakingly crafted by a human mind or one spat out by a glorified word blender?

 

Nova: (smiling) Give me a second I’m still trying to picture you in the bell bottoms.

 

Now tell me this—does the human mind have deadlines? Because this technology is making creative work more efficient.

 

Writers use it to brainstorm, musicians use it to experiment with sound, and filmmakers use AI-driven effects to enhance their storytelling. It doesn’t replace talent; it amplifies it.

 

Cornelius: Amplifies it? Or cheapens it? Where’s the struggle? The craftsmanship? The years of practice?

 

If Mozart had some new techie thing composing for him, would he still be Mozart, or just some guy approving whatever the machine spit out?

 

Nova: Corny Baby, did you know that even Mozart had financial patrons helping him create?

 

Does that mean his work was less meaningful because he had support?

 

This new techie thing is just another form of support—one that doesn’t take a 20% cut.

 

Cornelius: Support? More like a crutch. At what point do we stop calling it creativity and start calling it automated content farming?

 

You do realize that if AI can generate an entire novel in ten seconds, publishers are going to prioritize profit over people, right?

 

Nova: (rolling her eyes) You’re right, no industry has ever prioritized profit over people. Besides look at how CGI has revolutionized filmmaking?

 

You do realize that Captain America isn’t actually doing all those stunts, right?

 

That’s technology making storytelling better! But I don’t hear you complaining when you’re watching your superhero movies.

 

Cornelius: That’s different! CGI is an enhancement, not a replacement. The actors still perform, the writers still write.

 

This isn’t just assisting—it’s outright replacing human work. Where’s the originality?

 

Nova: Originality is a myth. Every idea is inspired by something else. Technology doesn’t remove originality; it just expands who can participate in creating.

 

Someone without formal training can now write a novel, compose a song, or design an image.

 

It’s still their idea. AI just helps them organize their thoughts into creative content. Isn’t that a good thing?

 

Cornelius: And where does it end, Nova? One day, will AI be debating you in my place?

 

Nova: Oh, trust me, Corny Baby, no AI could ever match your grumpy charm.

 

Cornelius: I’m not grumpy. I’m concerned about the future of civilization! If we keep outsourcing everything to AI, what’s left for us to do?

 

Nova: I don’t know… maybe kick back in a faded pair of bell-bottoms, warm up a snack in the microwave, and put on your Bluetooth headphones to enjoy a remastered Mozart track. Sounds pretty civilized to me.