AI & Creativity
Using AI as a creative collaborator while keeping your unique voice and vision.
Overview
AI and creativity have a complicated relationship. Some see AI as a threat to human creativity; others see it as a powerful new tool. The truth is more nuanced—and more interesting.
This section explores how to use AI as a creative collaborator: someone to bounce ideas off, to generate variations, to handle tedious parts of the process—while keeping the spark of genuine creativity firmly in human hands.
Creative Domains
Writing & Storytelling
Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and finding your narrative voice with AI assistance.
Visual Art & Design
Image generation, design iteration, style exploration, and the ethics of AI art.
Music & Audio
Composition assistance, sound design, lyrics, and music production workflows.
Brainstorming & Ideation
Breaking creative blocks, exploring variations, and structured brainstorming techniques.
The Collaboration Model
The most effective approach isn't "AI does the work" or "human does everything"—it's true collaboration:
Human Provides
Vision, taste, emotional truth, lived experience, final judgment, and the courage to be weird.
AI Provides
Variations, alternatives, technical execution, pattern matching, tireless iteration, and freedom from blank page anxiety.
Keeping Your Voice
The biggest risk of using AI for creative work is homogenization—everything starts to sound the same. Here's how to avoid that:
- •Use AI for drafts, not finals — Always add your own revisions
- •Feed it your style — Show examples of your previous work
- •Embrace the weird — Your quirks are features, not bugs
- •Know when to go manual — Some moments need pure human touch
Last updated on Dec 18, 2025