The End of Creativity
An author reflects on the homogenization of creative output after witnessing two separate wedding videos created with AI tools that shared identical tropes and aesthetics. The piece questions whether reliance on AI is leading to a regression in human creativity.
Why it matters
It raises philosophical questions about the impact of generative AI on cultural uniqueness and the potential for algorithmic conformity.
This past weekend I went to a wedding and something (extra)ordinary happened that I cannot stop thinking about, up to the point of having to write it down in this post.
The bride is an old school friend of our group, so we decided to make a video of her, the traditional wedding video with photos of her. The person of our group that championed it used AI for the script/narrative, the audio and the cutscenes. Our focus was to make a video of three special gifts we decided to offer them.
Our video played, they laughed, they cried, and enjoyed it.
A short moment after that came another video, this time from the groom group of friends which we did not knew or had any contact with.
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