I fear there is a strong sentiment that people are somehow special and magical and AI will always be a pale comparison.
The truth is likely that people are simple heuristical machines. There are already studies that strongly suggest our consciousness is a story our brains make up and we don’t really know why we do some things.
My fear is by rejecting the idea that AIs might in-fact become as capable as people, because “people are awesome!” We will be blind to real danger. Because of our hubris.
People are indeed special, in the sense that what we consider creativity, art, etc are human concepts. They are an expression of humanness, and are evaluated against human experience and human expectations. It’s what comes from a collective human consciousness.
"A lot of creative work is remixes" in no way conflicts with "That's pretty low-value creativity."
Hiphop made using samples a fashion. You can think of it as choosing to restrict one's in order to explore something deeper, like a painter deciding to paint with only two pigments to exercise their skills at shading at patterning. Or you can think of it as a cheap way to make demo tracks in your bedroom.
If you want to find actually creative things, look outside of mainstream, Disney, etc.
I'll leave you with this link. You tell me if you think it is just a remix of something earlier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc