Creativity is not a task to automate away
In this HackerNoon essay, Bernard Moon challenges the idea that more capable AI makes work—or the desire to create—obsolete. His argument starts with human motivation: purpose matters alongside productivity.
He acknowledges that automation can displace particular tasks while arguing that new tools also open space for new companies and forms of creative work. It is an entrepreneur’s view of AI: less a finish line than another starting point.
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Published January 14, 2026. This is a short editorial introduction to Bernard’s original essay, not the essay itself. Continue to HackerNoon for his full argument.