>1) That is a horribly denigrative view of human creativity, one that simply does not reflect reality.
No it's not. It's a realistic view. Do not discount a view just because it's not inline with positivity. Only the realism of the view should be considered. And unfortunately it does reflect reality.
There's a huge amount of data supporting my viewpoint. Most of the content right now on the internet in books and in movies are generic human generated content. The very existence of this content is indisputable evidence for this.
Also you can't discount the trajectory of AI technology. The progress of the last decade is indicative of progress for the next decade. It the trend continues, logically, the only outcome is that the AI surpasses us.
>2) I kind of don't care: creativity always was and always will be about humans wanting to create something, the satisfaction and excitement of writing down a fanfic you've been thinking about for the last 3 weeks, the emotion of bringing your thoughts to life. Even with endless AI-generated content, I will never stop using my imagination (regardless of whether there will or won't be a market for it, and regardless of whether it may be worse than, say, dostoevskij's works), and the same holds true for every other creative individual on this planet, and I feel sorry for the people that never felt the feeling of creative excitement, and would rather waste years of their life consuming soulless content.
Good for you. It's good to exercise your creative brain and be excited about it. My comment isn't about this at all. It's simply about how your and other peoples content could become indistinguishable and inferior to AI. You can be creative all you want, it doesn't mean other people will care or want to consume the creative products you produce.