Raw LLM Responses

Y'know, I realized as an artist that using reference is only half the battle when it comes to improvement. I sometimes play fighting games competitively, but I also used to have absolutely no idea on how to fight. And no matter how much training I did, I never got better. But there was one thing sitting in the back of my head that was never in any of my training sessions... (It can't be as simple as just GUESSING, right?) I always thought that it was impossible to beat someone by just guessing what they were going to do, but I eventually tried it, unprompted and without much reason. And lo and behold, it actually friggin' worked. And to this day, I continue developing my fighting style and being an absolute impossible wall to break against everyone I fight, even being a frustrating headache for some of the better fighters in my community! And it's the same with art. Using reference may be fine, but it's only half the battle while exploring and experimenting is the other half. If you don't make the effort to put a spin on things, ask "what if", or if you cower from failure, then the only thing you can do is copy without knowing why the thing your copying works. TLDR: there's far more to learning than just copying, and AI will never reach into that territory.