#creative

Thoughtfulness about our craft and our relationship to the tools seems like an antidote to atrophy of mind. In an era where we can make literally whatever we want, what parts of the output or process are non-negotiables?

The anti-AI backlash and the ongoing atomization of culture are absolutely headwinds against any openly AI-heavy production achieving broad cultural legitimacy right now. Maybe you see that as a good thing, but the backlash also distorts our ability to measure what is actually happening. We don't know what we don't know.

So far, the "killer app" aspects of AI is helping me create/iterate/finish things I've wanted for many years, but couldn't find time or energy enough to do completely on my own.

When all the places I might socialize and share in are dominated by people who spend all day posting about how much they hate a technology and anyone who uses it, it's not really a place I want to be. Why would I want to be around people who are relentlessly and confidently wrong about things I've taken the time to understand?

What do you get when you spend the last decade and a half exploiting the very same people you were supposed to empower?

Hey there! Ever watched a demo or Revision and thought, I want to try making one of those? Cool!

We humbly suggest that you stand up and tell them to either embrace the age of the Internet or get out of the way so that new, forward-thinking industry leaders can take their place.

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