But where does taste come from? https://dustycloud.org/blog/but-where-does-taste-come-from/
All the genAI users will tell you: taste is all that's left. But taste, in general, is developed from practice, experience, and learning from failure. So what happens to taste when everyone is using an averages-machine to make things for them?
Christine Lemmer-Webber
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