Superior human 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, generally speaking, show a greater ability to generate and evaluate ideas with great variations due to their unique and detailed training and experiences. For example, research suggests that generative AI–enabled stories are more similar to each other than stories by humans alone (1). That said, GenAI , as a tool, can support and augment human creativity acting as an "intelligent tutor" or "co-creator". So, what's the difference between GenAI and human creativity? Or, do people assume human creativity as being superior to GenAI? (2) Because if creativity is largely remixing parts and recombining thoughts, in which human language plays a major role, GenAI generates content in response to human-written prompts. That is, GenAI generates its outputs by statistically analysing the distribution of words or pixels or other elements in the data that it has been fed. And so, GenAI outcomes are based on likelihoods, hence probabilistic AI. But while GenAI in this manner "mimics" human creativity, it is not an original source of information and 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 being (3). This highlights the ethical and social costs of GenAI harvesting human knowledge from often unidentified sources, that is, without consent or respect for privacy and copyright boundaries. That is, GenAI doesn't give credit to human creativity.  (1) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11244532/ (2) Traditionally, the study of the creative person focused on personality traits of creators with different level of achievement and in different domains.  (3) 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.