Annie Dorsen argues that "plugging prompts into AI models hijacks human curiosity and robs them of a process meant to spur creativity." She writes, "These tools represent the complete corporate capture of the imagination, that most private and unpredictable part of the human mind... When tinkerers and hobbyists, doodlers and scribblers—not to mention kids just starting to perceive and explore the world—have this kind of instant gratification at their disposal, their curiosity is hijacked and extracted." Really? It's not clear to me that this is true. We may be limited by our existing lack of artistic abilities - I know I am - and might be liberated by having the capacity top realizes visually that which we could only tentatively express with a few halting words.
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