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Before we start this, let me make a couple of things clear. First, this is not the case for everyone. Even in these dire times, there are wonderfully creative individuals. Second, this is an attempt to awaken the sleeping creativity of humans and make them aware of what they are losing. This is not an attempt to ridicule anyone in any way.

Humans, ever since their inception, have been known to be creative. Striking two stones together to light a fire, putting a sharp stone on top of a stick to make a weapon, placing those very stones together to build houses, and much more. With this creativity, humans, without being the strongest, fastest, or biggest, managed to claw their way to the top of the food chain. From painting in caves to writing scriptures, from writing scriptures to discovering the laws of the universe, from discovering those laws to reaching beyond our planet, humanity has achieved so much thanks to its creativity.

However, in this age of technology and freedom, where humans are more pragmatic than ever and have more resources to be creative than ever, we find ourselves in a place where we are losing the essence of creativity itself. If we lose the very foundation upon which our race has been built, I am afraid there will come a time when humans won’t be good enough to be human.

First of all, let’s address the elephant in the room. Everybody claims that AI technology has caused this great calamity to fall upon humanity. But that’s not entirely the case. There has been a snowball effect over a long period of time, and AI was just the final straw that accelerated this effect. In reality, this decline in creativity began with the age of technology. Every time humans learned to make tools, they became creative, but every time they relied on those tools, they may have lost a little creativity too.

This is not to say that advancements in technology are inherently bad; rather, it is to suggest that the price we may have paid for these advancements is some of our creativity. This is especially true after the rise of automation. When humans used tools that still had to be operated manually, we at least understood how things worked. But once processes became automated, many of us forgot how things functioned. This can be seen in our surroundings as well. I doubt that many people today know how fields are ploughed or understand the mechanisms behind it, now that tractors have taken over.

Again, this is not to say that advancements in technology are bad in any way. Rather, it is one way to interpret how humans may have become less creative.

“Creativity flourishes when the box is so small that there is no option but to think outside it.” Right now, the box is so unimaginably large that, for most people, stepping outside it is almost unnecessary. Suppose you have a problem you cannot solve yourself. Your first thought would likely be to go to YouTube and search for a tutorial. Nine times out of ten, someone will have faced a similar problem and solved it. This helps you greatly; your time isn’t wasted, and you don’t have to struggle with it.

That sounds great, but in doing so, you may sacrifice an opportunity to exercise your creativity. Had you solved the problem yourself, you would have engaged the creative part of your mind, which now remains unused. And like any other tool left unused for a long period of time, your creative skills may begin to rust and dwindle.

Revisiting the elephant in the room, Artificial Intelligence. As mentioned earlier, when you don’t use a skill repeatedly or to its full extent, its potential begins to diminish. The same applies to your mind. If you don’t even bother to think for yourself and instead rely on another form of intelligence to do it for you, your ability to think may become significantly dulled. This can harm other aspects of intelligence, such as critical thinking and decision-making. Not only that, but you may become so dependent on external systems that you begin to lose your sense of individuality.

In a survey conducted by Verasight in August 2025, 70% of users claimed that they used AI regularly, while 25% reported using AI every day for their work. When such a large portion of your work is not done by you, overdependence on AI can easily develop.

If we want to preserve what remains of our ability to think, we must strive to keep our minds active. Do not reject technology, but learn to embrace your inherent abilities more fully. Use technology as a tool that enhances your natural abilities, not as a replacement for them. Humans are already fine-tuned to survive the impossible and are in no need of anything more.