AI Democratized Creativity. That’s Why Non-Creators Are in Freefall.

On learned helplessness, nostalgia addiction, and why visionless people are so loud right now.

I saw a bunch of bros whine and gnash about Darren Aronofsky using AI to create a serial or something and I’m disgusted by the levels of purity that consumers are demanding in their entertainment. They hate him now, as if he didn’t make incredible movies without AI and now none of that matters.

Like who tf are they to be upset by anything, they aren’t even in the game, I looked at their profiles, there was Cheeto dust EVERYWHERE

The amount of people still crying in 2026 about the sky falling because LLMs exist – even ONE PERSON crying is too many. They “think” it’s destroying creativity. Making people lazy. Killing “the arts” and everything is slop.

“Outsourcing thinking”.

Man, YOU’RE outsourcing your thinking when you keep repeating what others have already said.

I used to think it was a fear of new tech and their laziness in learning and implementation but now my mind has changed and it’s actually way worse:

AI is exposing them and their lack of imagination and creativity in general.

If you knew what I knew about what imagination and creativity actually is, you’d be as aghast as I am but now is not the time.

The core panic and daily meltdowns are directly related to this wound, this amputation/separation, of them from their imagination.

LLMs have done what the Internet already did

The Internet made global communication possible to anyone with a dial-up/wifi connection.

AI did the same thing with creativity.

That’s the real thing they are threatened by.

The gatekeepers of old? Hollywood, publishers, music studios?

NOW ABSOLUTELY F*CKING IRRELEVANT.

And it is wonderful to behold and be a creator now because of their irrelevance.

If you have a dream, a few hours a day, and an internet connection and laptop? You now have unfettered access to building literally whatever you want.

You can write a script, build a world, generate concept art, compose music, market/distribute/release your material and with the help of The Holodeck in Your Pocket, without permission from anyone in a suit or title.

But the ones screaming, crying, pizzing and sh*tting the most about AI?

I’m about to tear them apart.

They were only happy when the gate existed because that gave them a built-in excuse to not do anything. Ew can you imagine being more comfortable within the lines that society handed down?

Not I.

i’m in the dress, you’re in denial

This is not up for debate but I dare you to try me

The general public are not creators. They’re repeaters.

Here I come to say the quiet part out loud again..

Real creation requires imagination, a connection to their Inner Selves, utter fearlessness, identity destruction, reconstruction, and ongoing evolution, and a vision that borders delusional.

Unfortunately, those trapped in the Oubliette with their consumer mentality only have nostalgia, their spending habits, their scrolling habits, and they never left high school.

People who panic about AI don’t fear replacement, they have nothing TO replace.

Their fear is in being thrown away for real this time. To be exposed as a husk with student loans. When they see advice that says “give value” and a moth flies out of their ear.

The moment the tools of creation inside their smartphone became accessible at scale became the moment they discovered they had no vision, no imagination, no creativity whatsoever.

The ones who “can’t draw a stick figure” are F*CKED.

Their anger at LLMs is a dodge, and it’s a safe one that feels good. Now they have a place to aim their piss-off at something other than themselves.

I have said over and over “if they wanted to, they would.” Deep down, I think they want to. They want to write the book, they want to make the short film or compose the album. There is nothing in this world stopping them from doing the thing they’ve been fantasizing about for decades.

But they don’t do it because they already know once they open a Google Doc to write or download the software to compose the song?

THERE IS NOTHING THERE.

No story, no voice, no imagination, no vision, nothing than recycled thoughts that have 30 years of mold on them. But instead of accepting that and taking steps to fill the emptiness, they blame the existence of AI.

“AI is stealing creativity!” they bleat.

AI cannot steal what is not there.

People are often scared of what they don’t understand and hate what they’re scared of.

I saved this person the embarrassment by removing their name from this note, but I need you to understand what they’re saying here, and it’s not edgy or unique in any sense.

It’s an indication of learned helplessness.

Think about it, does it seem smart? Insightful? Wise at all?

No.

This is the worldview of someone who has thrown in the towel. Surrendered their agency. When someone sovereign sees this? The drop in temperature is felt immediately.

And they are recruiting.

They don’t want to be alone when their collapse hits, they want a bunch of followers to break their fall. Look at the number of comments in agreement when you see notes like this. I’m not wrong.

Negativity is more contagious than positivity because it takes desire to be positive. Negativity comes way too naturally, and giving up is easier than doing things. Because if you do things and you’re not immediately amazing at it on the first try? THEN YOU’RE A LOSER.

So they vilify the things that could actually help them become amazing.

They’re not okay.

They are in the Oubliette and want company.

To them, the existence of AI threatens their comfort inside the Oubliette. It threatens their stagnation, fears, nostalgia, and emotional paralysis. AI is movement, expansion, self-direction, possibility, and curiosity.

THEY HATE THESE THINGS.

The mere existence of AI shatters the illusion that nothing can change. AI removes all the excuses, and excuses are the only things propping up their identity.

Their worldview DEPENDS on hopelessness.

And if Substack is a place for creatives, why the hell do they even have an account.

Chris Cornell’s “Scream”: The Analogy

When Chris Cornell released Scream in 2009, all the Old Head Soundgarden fans HATED HATED HATED the album. How dare Mr. Black Hole Sun collaborate with Timbaland.

I loved Scream. I thought it was genius, and take away the dance music? Sounds like Soundgarden. Gee I wonder why lol

But those die hard fans? Open revolt. It wasn’t because the music was bad or lyrics lacked depth (like be for real). Cornell didn’t lose his artistry, either.

They hated that album because it was evidence that Chris Cornell evolved and they didn’t. Cornell grew as an artist and his fans stayed frozen in 1994.

His evolution forced them to look in the mirror and confront the fact they were now 40, not 20, and they didn’t like that.

Instead of growing with the artist, they got angry and felt left behind.

Same same with AI haters and Luddites.

They know they’re being left behind and instead of evolving, they cry. They want everyone else to be as mad as they are. When deep in their core, they wish things were different but they won’t do the inner work to get there.

AI can’t kill creativity but it kills the illusion that everyone is creative.

A tool can enhance, accelerate, channel and unlock creativity. But it can’t create it.

A hammer can help you build that shelf but it was designed by someone with a vision in mind for how it should look.

Vision is internal. It doesn’t come from the perfect prompt. Vision comes from a mind that refuses to stay trapped in its own past.

Those who are so against AI are reminded that they are too scared to try, to take chances, to be more than they are right now.

And people stuck in the past see AI users as a reflection of what they never became.

This is why they have their panic takes and irrational, non-viable opinions.

Why they cling to purity, moralize, and lash out.

They chose to not evolve.

Regression turned up to 11.

The future will belong to those who continue to evolve.

It is your choice.