machinations

I don't think the emerging ability of AI to do (or simulate) creative work is the threat that some people think it is, to be honest. 

Leave aside all the issues about a potential skynet and machines that are more intelligent than us turning against us, and let's just focus on creative work. I don't think computers will ever be able to create in the way that human beings create, because, by definition, they simply can't. It doesn't matter how technically proficient AI becomes, it can't create in the way that humans do. It isn't self-aware. It doesn't have its own consciousness. It isn't a self. And I don't think we will ever be able to impart that to computers. 

Computers are already smarter than us in many ways, and they're going to get smarter, but they're never going to be human.