# 📽️ A philosophical exploration of creation and generative AI

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-02-17
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/02/17/a-philosophical-exploration-of-creation-and-generative-ai/
- Categories: link, ai
- Tags: ai, audio, models, multimodal, music, suno, technology

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<p>This video was thorough. It's explored so many different facets. Yet, it's cogently laid it out in a way that's both entertaining, thought provoking and informational. I love when something does that - leave you with thoughts to process, research and be even more curious about. </p>
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<p>Adam Neely is a masterful story teller. </p>
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<p>This sparked so many threads of exploration for me:</p>
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<li>what is art? </li>
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<li>is it still art if you bring in "return on invested capital" and treat skilling up and practice etc as "costs." <!-- wp:list -->
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<li>to me that seems like an unhealthy attention to the outcome<!-- wp:list -->
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<li>or am I just being old? </li>
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<li>lord, what have <em>I</em> justified this way? </li>
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<li>what constitutes work, skill and talent? </li>
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<li>and what are their relative priorities and importance in <em>craft</em>?</li>
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<li>emotional permission</li>
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<li>deskilling</li>
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<li>is there a middle path to do this the <em>right way</em>? </li>
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<li>what are the variables involved in that?</li>
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<li>technological determinism can be abused</li>
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<li>does everyone talk their book? </li>
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<li>how might you discern sincerity? </li>
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<li>the "dumb solution" to problems</li>
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<li>busting the origin story of the dumb solution<!-- wp:list -->
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<li>creators of the dumb solution need not be nefarious or malicious</li>
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<li>in fact, often aren't</li>
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<li>also applicable to the feed and algorithmic engagement</li>
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<li>or ads and the web</li>
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<li>ideas that rise to the top of the marketplace<!-- wp:list -->
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<li>and how do you ensure that you identify when the market's rigged? </li>
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<li>people that crave power are the ones that should least possess it (gestures to the world around)<!-- wp:list -->
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<li>yet the ones with good intention <em>often</em> lose</li>
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<li>is that the cost of choosing to not play fair? </li>
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<li>and if so, are you being selfish to uphold your principles? </li>
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<li>and if so, are you good if you let the ones with the power win and bring about the bad solution? </li>
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<li>be curious to understand the technology</li>
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<li>be curious to understand the benefits</li>
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<li>follow the money</li>
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<li>be curious to think about the perils</li>
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<li>Was the pandemic the ultimate denunciation of the virtual world? <!-- wp:list -->
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<li>Did the valley actually learn from that? </li>
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<li>The workers are certainly paying the price =(</li>
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<p>are just a few...</p>
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