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What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
First, you need to cultivate a deeper relationship with your gut. The more our world becomes measurable and quantifiable, the more we need spaces that preserve what can't be measured—the hunches we can't explain, the patterns we feel but can't prove. A jazz musician knows when to break rules in ways no theory explains. A good copywriter can feel... See more
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
The more I use AI, the more I realize ignoring its creative potential is like dismissing the ‘90s internet as a porn delivery system.
At first, I saw using AI as a binary choice between soulless efficiency or becoming a luddite and preserving your authentic human creativity.
Over the last few months, Claude has become my dream creative partner, and I... See more
At first, I saw using AI as a binary choice between soulless efficiency or becoming a luddite and preserving your authentic human creativity.
Over the last few months, Claude has become my dream creative partner, and I... See more
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
But AI + your taste? That's the game-changer.
The more AI can execute, the more your eye for what's interesting – your ability to discern and curate what matters and why – becomes everything.
But if you don’t have a home for the references, quotes, notes, and highlights that moved you—what are you giving AI to work with?
All that is to say: A curated... See more
The more AI can execute, the more your eye for what's interesting – your ability to discern and curate what matters and why – becomes everything.
But if you don’t have a home for the references, quotes, notes, and highlights that moved you—what are you giving AI to work with?
All that is to say: A curated... See more
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
Taste isn't some mysterious gift bestowed at birth—it's simply what happens when you pay close attention to what moves you.
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
A jazz musician knows when to break rules in ways no theory explains. A good copywriter can feel what words will land without having a single data point to prove it. Taste isn't some mysterious gift bestowed at birth—it's simply what happens when you pay close attention to what moves you.
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
And lastly, this part’s key – you have to forget everything you think about how to organize your notes. Folders are fine for tax documents, but they’re a dumb way to organize ideas. Your job isn't to arrange everything into neat categories—it's to create meaningful contexts.
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
The more our world becomes measurable and quantifiable, the more we need spaces that preserve what can't be measured
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
Every carefully tended knowledge garden is a fingerprint of consciousness: A unique archipelago of interests, insights and inspirations that could never be replicated, even by the most sophisticated AI.
By thoughtfully collecting and connecting the ideas that move us, we not only create an invaluable external memory system (which can be great for... See more
By thoughtfully collecting and connecting the ideas that move us, we not only create an invaluable external memory system (which can be great for... See more
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
AI can't generate good taste, but it can help you transform the raw material of your taste into something beautiful.