Ageusia – The Loss of Taste in the AI Internet
The article discusses the shift in internet creation from a skill-based approach to one where taste is now the primary concern. As tools have become more accessible, the author argues that the lack of effort in creation has led to a loss of personal conviction in the work produced. This phenomenon, termed 'Ageusia', reflects a broader issue where the ease of generation has diminished the need for individuals to develop a discerning taste.
- ▪The internet has evolved from requiring technical skills to allowing effortless creation.
- ▪The author introduces the term 'Ageusia' to describe the loss of personal taste in online content.
- ▪As creation becomes easier, the need for individuals to make deliberate choices diminishes.
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For a long time, the hard part of making things on the internet was making them at all. If you wanted a website, you learned HTML and CSS. If you wanted it to do something, you learned JavaScript. If you wanted good pictures or designs, you learned to use the right apps or a camera. That difficulty produced a certain kind of internet. Not necessarily good, but largely intentional. The imperfections proved that every choice was actually a choice, they might have been wrong, but they had decided. Now that friction is vanishing. and honestly, it’s genuinely great. Founders test ideas in hours, people can build what once required small teams and more people have access to build what they want than at any point in history. But when one constraint disappears, another reveals itself.
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