When building was hard,
skill was the bottleneck.
Now the machine can build
almost anything you describe,
fast and cheap.
So the bottleneck moved.
When everything is possible,
the scarce thing isn't
"can we build it."
It's "should we, and which version."
That's taste.
The sense of what's worth making.
What to leave out.
What "good" actually means here.
The model gives you ten designs.
Taste is knowing
which one should exist.
You can't download it.
It's built from years
of seeing what works and what doesn't,
and caring about the difference.
As production gets free,
judgment gets priceless.
Sharpen your taste.
It's the part that's still yours.
– Serguey Asael Shinder
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