Ran across this tonight and thought the Calvin and Hobbes fans here might want to read it

[nuxvomica]

2. What's really interesting about the article

Is its depiction of someone so committed to the pure joy of creativity. Its a thoughtful reminder of what we lose when we allow AI to create things for us. In the series Hacks, comedy legend Deborah Vance rebuffs the attempt by a Silicon-Valley oligarch to have AI digest all her performances and create new jokes for her. Her reason is simple: she wants to write the jokes herself, to go through that struggle. It's the irreducible need to create. And typing words into an AI prompt is not enough. In Watterson's thinking, the artist should have as much control over the work as possible, so he used simple art tools and a limited palette, and did all the painting and inking himself, just as Michelangelo quarried the marble he used in his sculptures. AI allows us to avoid a lot of work but maybe we need reminding that the hard work may be something we want to do.