Being Creative in the Era of AI

Generative AI can now produce poems, essays, paintings, scientific hypotheses and informed critiques, often of a quality that is hard to tell apart from human work. What does this imply for poets, writers, painters and scientists? Should they migrate to jobs that do not involve competing against AI? Should you care if you have never thought of yourself as a creative person? These questions have no generally accepted answers. Sutirth presents his own opinionated thoughts, and tries to send you home with yours.

Sutirth Dey is a Professor of Biology at IISER Pune, working in ecology and evolution. For the last three years he has been thinking about artificial intelligence and its impact on research, teaching and society.