If you were previously talking with someone who thought that AI's can't be creative and now they say it doesn't matter, then some goalposts moved. More likely,

If you were previously talking with someone who thought that AI's can't be creative and now they say it doesn't matter, then some goalposts moved. More likely, though, you're just reading commentary by someone else who has different goalposts in mind. Unlike football, there is no standard for goalposts in AI.