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Their wordsIf the user doesn't actively push back against the AI model, then they get the generic output, the lowest common acceptable denominator of aesthetics and taste.
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Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults.
Their wordsYou have to work very hard, against a lot of friction, to get anything remotely original out of AI.
Their wordsthis kind of instantly ubiquitous homogeneity is going to happen across every field of human endeavor in the era of AI, until AI gets so powerful that it actually becomes original (doubtful) or until we shut it down.
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