This point is often brought up in threads about AI, and I don't think it's accurate.
The thing is that statistical models only need to be fed large amounts of data for them to exhibit what humans would refer to as "creativity", or "thinking" for that matter. The process a human uses to express their creativity is also based on training and the input of other humans, with the difference that it's spread out over years instead of hours, and is a much more organic process.
AI can easily fake creativity by making its output indistinguishable from its training data, and as long as it's accurate and useful, it would hold immense value to humanity. This has been improving drastically in the last few years, so arguing that they're not _really_ thinking creatively doesn't hold much water.
The thing is that statistical models only need to be fed large amounts of data for them to exhibit what humans would refer to as "creativity", or "thinking" for that matter. The process a human uses to express their creativity is also based on training and the input of other humans, with the difference that it's spread out over years instead of hours, and is a much more organic process.
AI can easily fake creativity by making its output indistinguishable from its training data, and as long as it's accurate and useful, it would hold immense value to humanity. This has been improving drastically in the last few years, so arguing that they're not _really_ thinking creatively doesn't hold much water.