Let’s play a little game.
You open LinkedIn. Scroll. Scroll. Boom! Another AI-generated Ghibli-style cityscape. A thousand pastel windows glowing like a Studio Ghibli fever dream. The caption? “Exploring what AI creativity means for the future of storytelling 🌸✨.”

Cute.

Except it's the fifteenth post this week with the same art direction, the same three emojis, and the same tired question:

“Can AI be truly creative?”

Sweetheart. AI isn’t the one begging for likes with a color-graded ripoff of Spirited Away and a Medium-level hot take. You are.

It’s time to stop interrogating the machine and start looking in the mirror.

Creativity Isn’t Dying. It’s Just Being Outsourced.

We’ve become critics of the AI orchestra while outsourcing our own solos.
AI doesn’t need to be “creative.” It just needs to be convenient, fast, and close enough to genius to fool your deadline.

So the real question isn’t “Can AI create?”
It’s: Do you still remember how to?

When was the last time you had an idea that wasn’t based on an Instagram trend or a Behance board from Berlin?

Riding Trends Isn’t Creative. It’s Passive.

Let’s talk about that “Ghibli-style" flood, shall we?
You’re not honoring the legacy of hand-painted backgrounds and emotional stillness.
You’re running a Photoshop filter over your guilt and calling it art.

Same goes for:

• ✨“VHS aesthetic x horror-core x retro-futurism”
• ✨“What if Wes Anderson directed my coffee machine?”
• ✨“AI-generated fashion week in a post-apocalyptic Paris”

It’s not homage. It’s trend-chasing in cosplay.
The algorithm doesn’t care about originality. It cares about engagement.
Which is why everyone’s art now looks like a Tumblr mood board in witness protection.

So Here’s the Twist Ending You Didn't Ask For

What if the real threat isn’t that AI will replace you…
...but that you’ve already started acting like it?

Same inputs, same references, same vibe. You’re faster now. But are you bolder?

Creativity was never about tools. It was about taste.
About saying something ugly, or brave, or stupid, or soul-shatteringly honest.

And if all you're doing is feeding Chat GPT the same 5 adjectives as everyone else, maybe the problem isn’t the tool. Maybe it’s the pilot.

Final Thought

AI isn’t here to kill creativity.
It’s here to expose whether you had any left.

Now go.
Make something that doesn’t look like it was born in a Discord prompt dump.
Surprise yourself. Scare yourself. Burn the Ghibli preset.

And for the love of Princess Mononoke, create like you’re still alive.