When AI Can Make Anything, Do We Still Know What We Want?
jxnlco · x · 2026-11-06
jxnl gave a talk at AI Dot Engineer Shanghai centered on a question he keeps returning to: when we can make anything, do we still know what we want? He argues tools should help us find our own answers, not skip the process of forming them — not just more output, but more room to think, care, and make together.
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