AI isn't lowering the bar — it's raising the ceiling for the already brilliant
shakoistsLog · x · 2026-09-05
The author argues AI's real impact isn't enabling less talented people to build games or software, but raising the standards for already tremendously talented humans who can now conjure technical and artistic feats previously impossible. The point: we don't want "more good" from AI, we want "something truly remarkable."
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