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The death of craft. Thriving in an era of scarcity. | by Joe Alterio | Mar, 2024 | UX Collective

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Robots, for all of their futuristic aura, are actually totems of the past. Their vision is always backwards facing, and this is especially true for Gen AI. In a dadaist, Max Ernst collage sense, all AI can do is generate the new by combining the old. Recently, Annie Leibovitz caused a bit of an uproar when she said she wasn’t concerned about AI. But putting aside the bad taste of some rich person telling The Poors not to be concerned, she kind of has a point. Technological leaps will always happen and creatives always adapt. However, if you are a creative who is mostly just regurgitating the things that have come before, then you have a large reason to be concerned about the current state of the creative industry. I believe what undergirds much of the fear of this disruption is that fear — that deep down we have not really been that creative for a long time. Zooming in, we can now understand that we are living during a brief period of time where those in a creative space were forced to

The death of craft Thriving in an era of scarcity Joe Alterio 11 min read · Mar 31, 2024 -- 16 Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size One of a series of posters I did back in 2004, if you can believe it. ✏️ Sign Up for my newsletter Good Work , for essays, comics, and more 🙌 Robots, for all of their futuristic aura, are actually totems of the past. Their vision is always backwards facing, and this is especially true for Gen AI. In a dadaist, Max Ernst collage sense, all AI can do is generate the new by combining the old. Recently, Annie Leibovitz caused a bit of an uproa

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