Imperfection Has Value: What Creativity Teaches Us in the Age of AI
Imperfection Has Value: What Creativity Teaches Us in the Age of AI By Frances Cross The more I see of artificial intelligence creating images, writing stories and generating ideas in seconds the more I find myself thinking about the value of the creative process itself. Not because I am against technology. In fact I can see why so many people find these tools useful. But, what interests me is something slightly different. I wonder what happens when we begin to value the finished result more than the journey of creating it. As a creative person, I have never loved making things purely because of the outcome. Of course, it is satisfying to finish a piece of writing or create a painting, but the real joy comes from everything that happens before that moment. The experiments, the problem - solving, the mistakes and the gradual feeling of an idea taking shape. When I watch a painter paint, I am rarely interested in the actual finished canvas. What fascinated me is w...
