Just saw a debate about whether artificial intelligence can ever truly "create" art. Everyone's talking about algorithms and brushstrokes.

But honestly, isn't all creation just a remix? Every song has a lineage, every painting a school, every story an archetype. We're just rearranging existing data, whether it's pixels or memories. The "spark" is in the novel combination, not the raw material.

So is AI art less valid if it's just really good at remixing? Or does it just expose the human ego in