
The Era of Abstraction & New Creative Tensions

There’s a lot of speculation and rhetoric these days about whether AI democratizes creativity or advances it. However, it is abundantly clear to me that both are true.
On the one hand, humanity’s creative confidence for humanity has gone up as people of all ages are able to prompt whatever is in their mind’s eye and express themselves visually. We’... See more
On the one hand, humanity’s creative confidence for humanity has gone up as people of all ages are able to prompt whatever is in their mind’s eye and express themselves visually. We’... See more
Scott Belsky • The Era of Abstraction & New Creative Tensions
on the shift from being skills-constrained to being imagination-constrained
Until now, skills have been a major differentiator for humanity. However, in the age of AI, taste will become more important than skills as much of skill-based work and productivity is offloaded to compute. Taste seems more scarce these days, and increasingly differentiating in the age of AI. This assertion makes me think about the development of t... See more