On Purpose: AI expands creativity by unlocking ideas that never had a chance to exist
sachasayan · reddit · 2026-11-14
In his essay "On Purpose", Sacha Sayan pushes back on the narrative that AI threatens creative fields. His core argument: every expansion of tool capability expands who can create and which ideas get pursued. "Behind every solved problem is ten more previously out of reach. How many films were never made because somebody couldn't afford a camera crew? How many games never developed because somebody couldn't program? How many hypotheses never tested because the thinker lacked resources?" These are forms of creativity that never got a chance to exist, not creativity AI is replacing — from affordable paint to AI, better tools let more people create, and human purpose survives technological change.
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