AI folks confuse having an idea with creating something, say artists and physicists
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-10-07
A viral exchange argues that AI people often confuse having an idea with actually creating something. Responding to a critique of 'ideas guy' culture, LimYenKheng notes that in art and theoretical physics you learn from day one that ideas are cheap—if you thought of it, someone likely thought of it first; execution and how the work evolves is what matters.
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