AI skipping failure may hinder judgment development, argues for return to apprenticeship model
every · x · 2026-08-21
Shoshana Berger argues that while Photoshop put design tools in everyone's hands, developing a designer's eye still took years. She worries that AI allows users to skip the friction of trial and error, which is often how judgment is developed. She proposes returning to the Renaissance guild model of masters and apprentices to compensate for what automation removes from learning.
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