Trying to make a dent in the universe while we metabolize and oxidize our telomeres away is a constraint.

But to be more in the spirit of your comment, if you've used these systems at all, you know how many constraints you bump into on an almost minute to minute basis. These are not magical systems and they have plenty of flaws.

Real creativity is connecting these weird, novel things together into something nobody's ever seen before. Working in new ways that are unproven and completely novel.

But new media also lets creativity blossom. The printing press eventually enabled novels through cost reduction. Prussian blue pigment is a large part of ukyio-e's attraction; it got used a lot because it was new and was a better blue. The Gothic arch's improved strength compared to the circular arch enabled cathedrals with huge windows. Concrete enabled all sorts of fluid architecture; Soviet bus stations, for instance [1].

[1] https://www.russiabeyond.com/arts/327147-10-best-soviet-bus-...