In the AI era, taste determines the ceiling of work
xiaohu · x · 2026-08-31
As AI lowers technical barriers, the scarcity shifts from execution to "taste"—the ability to recognize quality, reject mediocre answers, and continue refining. The article discusses taste as a trainable discernment that determines the ceiling of work rather than just relying on tool execution.
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