What Is AI as a Creative Calculator?

One panelist sees AI as a creative calculator. On the question of how far AI destroys jobs and how far it creates new opportunities, the claim is direct: use AI as an enhancer, and keep a skilled person in charge of the work.

A structural engineer who comes to do a house renovation and says they will do all the maths on paper with their own brain, and will not use a calculator, should be told to get out. Creative work follows the same rule. Creative expertise goes on top of an enhancer, and the enhancer is the creative calculator that is AI. A good structural engineer is still required. A great script writer is still required to use the tools.

The calculator does not remove the person. Refusing it is the failure, and knowing how to use it is part of doing the job well.