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Taste Is the New Core Skill in the Age of AI

20 February 2026 · 38 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 176 blog views

AI Content Indie Hacking criticizing philosophy

Taste is a new core skill

The machines build, you vibe-check, right? nope

for most of history humans didn’t curate

they built cathedrals they fought over ceilings they argued with God and with each other, foaming at the mouth

now?

AI will generate 42k options you pick the one with the best lighting

this is becoming the dropdown menu......

In GANs, the discriminator trains the generator. once the generator is good enough the discriminator is deleted. the taste discourse is asking you to volunteer for deletion.

don’t worry bro, you’ll curate

curate what? the archive?

taste can only rearrange what already exists it can’t see the thing that hasn’t been validated yet it would have booed Stravinsky it always boos first

we were handed the most powerful will-amplifier in human history. and we’re using it to optimize chair selection.

if humans matter after AGI it won’t be because we selected beautifully. it’ll be because we built something the model didn’t suggest

don’t become the discriminator be the one who runs with the ball

This is a really great post about that topic:

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