AI researcher: frictionless 'costless' side-quests from AI workflows quietly inhibit creativity
generativist · x · 2026-10-30
generativist argues that frenetic, hyperproductive AI-assisted workflows feel powerful but insidiously inhibit creativity.
Citing visakanv's 'do 100 x' rule — most outputs will be bad, but iterating is where connections grow — he contends that zero-friction, endless 'costless' side-quests block those connections from forming. Judged independently each output looks creative; judged against everyone else's, it's all path-of-least-resistance copies of copies.
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