Deep learning is not a replacement for human creativity, period

This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. An AI-made portrait sold for $432,500 at a famous auction last week. This was a story that was widely discussed in tech media in the past week, with some suggesting the development marked a threat for human artists. This is just one of the many stories of progress in deep learning that triggers sensational headlines about AI manifesting artistic creativity that is on par with humans. "AI songwriting has arrived" and "AI will soon write better novels than humans" are just some of the stories that have surfaced on mainstream media in the past few months.