I think it's interesting to contemplate the process... when an AI tool "remixes" existing works to make a new work, is it "merely" using statistical processes t

I think it's interesting to contemplate the process... when an AI tool "remixes" existing works to make a new work, is it "merely" using statistical processes to do so, or does it "understand" what it's doing? But perhaps the process doesn't matter as much as the end result. Maybe another interesting aspect to consider is: humans create new things (even if by remixing and deriving from old things) all the time, because they want to, because they choose to do so. Thus far, these AI creations have been made at the behest of humans demanding them. Perhaps that will, that desire, to make something new in the first place will remain a differentiating factor.