AI Creates Authenticity Anxiety: Imperfection Becomes Proof of Humanity
karinanguyen · x · 2026-08-18
Argues that AI is creating a new 'authenticity anxiety' for creatives: making something is no longer enough, one must also prove it was made by them. Similar to 'indie sleaze' where messiness signaled reality, imperfection is now becoming proof of being human.
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