Comment by 8n4vidtmkvmk

i think humans are just copying every time we give an answer without much thought. we're either regurgitating something we previously thought/solved or something we heard somewhere.

when you have to put your head down and actually think for awhile, then maybe you're doing something new or at least not within your brain-training data. I don't think AI can do this yet. it can only copy pieces of its training data out to look like something new, but it isn't really. like when i was describing a video game idea i had to a friend and he called me out on just stealing bits of other games and mashing them together. he was right. it wasn't original. and this is all the AIs can do right now.