I don't see true imagination possible within the current computing paradigm. It's rare even in humans. But AI being derivative is still an incredibly powerful tool.
We have more written knowledge than at any time in the history of our species by orders of magnitude. The Internet gave you instantaneous access to nearly all of it. There's so much of it however that you could spend your entire life researching a single subject.
Now you have a device that can read and digest all of it and help you organize the information into useful patterns, almost instantly. AI is the Oracle of the Great library of humanity. I use ChatGPT for research into all sorts of subjects almost daily.
Intelligent people leverage it as an extension of their minds. They are directing the intention while the computer is doing the heavy lifting in a fraction of the time.
