Comment by conartist6

I don't see those things as being in conflict. I can be a product of all the people I've ever spoken to or read the writing of, yet have my own beliefs and seek out a course of thought and action that is individual.

There are no great AI artists (artists who are AIs) or great AI artworks. Yet there are still loads of people throughout history whose individualism led them to ideas and accomplishments that we celebrate. People have the ability to think critically which allows us to create new understanding from existing knowledge, even and especially when there are flaws or contradictions in that knowledge (which if you look closely enough there almost always are).