Over on Whatever today, I'm talking about "AI" and creativity and how, when it comes to learning creative skills, Generative "AI" is rather like the old "Guitar Hero" game, i.e., a really fun way not to actually learn how to do a creative thing:
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/08/06/generative-ai-the-guitar-hero-of-creativity/
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