When Kaiser Permanente triage clinician Harimandir Khalsa began working in the psychiatry department at Kaiser’s Walnut Creek Medical Center in Northern California, she was on a team of nine people. Today, just over three years later, she is one of only three triage clinicians left. Some of the work once handled by employees has shifted […]

There is much discussion about the dangers of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons these days. Indeed, the Vatican recently hosted a global conference on the topic that featured Nobel-prize winning scholars, experts on AI, and proponents of nuclear disarmament debating the threat.

The rapid advance of artificial intelligence has created a widespread misconception. Because large language models can synthesize vast datasets, generate coherent text, and optimize known processes at extraordinary speed, many assume AI is on the verge of replicating human creativity. This is a category error. AI excels at recombining and optimizing existing information. True creativity—the ability to transcend established parameters and produce genuine novelty—remains a distinctly human domain for the foreseeable future.