AI Makes Creativity Feel Pointless

It's fun, but every new model release makes me even less interested to create cool stuff. Like, what's the point, if the next AI can do it in 5 seconds? „The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall." -Mitch Hedberg

A forum screenshot shows a user lamenting that rapid AI improvements make creating things feel pointless, followed by a Mitch Hedberg joke comparing tennis skill to an unbeatable wall. The punchline reframes the frustration as an eternal competition against something inherently better, making it a reaction to AI anxiety and creative burnout. EN: A forum screenshot shows a user lamenting that rapid AI improvements make creating things feel pointless, followed by a Mitch Hedberg joke comparing tennis skill to an unbeatable wall. The punchline reframes the frustration as an eternal competition against something inherently better, making it a reaction to AI anxiety and creative burnout.

• @gentoomemes / 21867 2026-09-04