The Industrial Revolution mechanized production, replacing the artistry of skilled craft with the monotony of productive repetition.

There is an inevitable logic, but also a kind of magic, in the evolution from streamlined controls and efficiencies in material industries to generative AI's use of "neural networks," intricate webs of interconnected nodes designed to mimic the function and structure of the human brain and to learn from data in ways that "rule-based" systems cannot, a streamlining of controls and efficiencies in information processing, machine learning, and creative AI generativity.

There are many goods, literally and figuratively, produced by such innovation. Generative AI is revolutionizing not only the digital realm but also how we conceive, design, and produce computer chips and countless physical products, print circuit boards, analyze thermal transfer and distribution in electronics systems, and enable scenario simulations that explore alternate possibilities, test assumptions, and improve problem-solving.

Yet, when it comes to the art of the written word, there is a difference between generative AI's conjuring and the authentic generative potential of the human spirit. While creating, AI merely mimics the choreography of a genuine creative force,........

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