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I'm a professional problem solver hiding behind R&D and high performance/low overhead programming. An expert in mobile game & device performance through years of experience building a start-up into an industry standard. I'm a self-taught full-stack developer with experience in team & product management, server-side integration, automation, data visualisation, computer vision, machine learning, and database management, as well as native & web application development. I'm currently split between two roles: Principal Developer at a game QA company developing their new state-of-the-art testing tools, and co-founder at Ralify.
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Do you trust AI’s creative judgment?
I don t trust AI s creative judgment, and yet I use it. Using AI makes sense for some parts of the creative process: AI is good for refinement. But not good enough to make a final touch. AI can be great sparring partner during ideation. But not good enough to make something that s novel. I found these two mental models helpful when thinking about using AI for creativity: 1. McDonald s theory When co-workers can t decide where to go for a lunch, Jon Bell recommends McDonald s. It s as if we ve broken the ice with the worst possible idea, and now that the discussion has started, people suddenly get very creative. I call it the McDonald s Theory: people are inspired to come up with good ideas to ward off bad ones. 2. Creativity faucet Julian Shapiro takes notes from Ed Sheeran, and Neil Gaiman: Visualize your creativity as a backed-up pipe of water. The first mile is packed with wastewater. This wastewater must be emptied before the clear water arrives. (...) Bad ideas, by the way, are often the clich s your brain has been overexposed to. Once bad ideas are emptied, a surprising thing happens: better ideas begin to arrive. --- When it comes to creative work, I don t think of AI as my replacement: AI surfaces the bad and the average. It empties all the wastewater from your system. So you can say: This is nonsense! I have a better idea... What is your perspective for using AI for design and writing? Are you comfortable with posting AI generated content under your name?
