Romanticising creativity?

GenAI models, such as ChatGPT use algorithms trained on vast amounts of data from existing work, and then generating their own novel content (texts, images, software code, and music). But are the models really creative in a human sense? Because the models don't understand the meaning or context of their creations directly unlike humans who understand the context and its nuances naturally and also show a greater ability to come up with abstract ideas with great variations between individuals due to their unique and detailed experiences. For example, research shows that generative AI–enabled stories are more similar to each other than stories by humans alone*. That said, GenAI , as a tool, can augment human creativity acting as a co-creator. So, what's the difference between GenAI and human creativity? Machine versus human?  Or, do people overly romanticise human creativity as superior? ‡ Because if creativity is essentially remixing parts and recombining thoughts, the limits of creativity are largely the limits of human language. And GenAI automatically generates content in response to human-written prompts. That is, it generates its outputs by statistically analysing the distribution of words or pixels or other elements in the data that it has been fed. But while GenAI mimics human creativity, it doesn't have the same kind of complex directionality as humans with their memories, intuitions, dreams and wishes. In short, GenAI is not an individual. Or rather, humans are not machines. But if GenAI is considered a tool, does the user control the tool, or does the tool control the user? † This highlights the ethical, social and human costs of GenAI harvesting human knowledge without consent or respect for privacy and copyright boundaries: credit back to human creativity! * https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11244532/ ‡ Traditionally, the study of the creative person focused on personality traits of creators with different level of achievement and in different domains.  † Cf. In the 1999 science fiction film "The Matrix," hacker Neo is faced with a decision. Resistance fighter Morpheus presents him with two pills. If Neo swallows the blue one, everything will remain the same — a comfortable life in a fantasy world. If he swallows the red pill, he will see "true reality" — a dystopian world in which humans are enslaved by machines.