The Vital Importance of Human Creativity
Learning AI is Teaching AI Series
As the World Economic Forum predicts that creative thinking will be one of the most critical job skills by 2030, the focus of education must pivot toward fostering this uniquely human ability. While AI can process vast amounts of data and generate “receipts” of creativity—such as images or text—it lacks the biological and emotional foundation that drives true creative impulse.
Creativity is born from human emotions: desire, curiosity, empathy, and even vulnerability. An AI can simulate a style, but it cannot “well up with a tear” or feel the spark of inspiration. It has no sentimentality and no inherent reason to create. Therefore, the future of human work lies in our ability to bring this “special sauce” of emotional intelligence and lateral thinking to the table—skills that cannot be coded.
