Artificial intelligence
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4 days agoKeep making (AI will not save you)
Developing conceptual skills through sketching and rapid idea generation preserves and enhances human creative advantage against and alongside AI.
Mostly, he has been met with some rather bland and uninspiring suggestions - but these have been pretty useful in helping to eliminate clichéd routes. "I thought it was a really obvious way to use it," he tells us. "But I was surprised that people thought it was non-obvious, that they hadn't thought of it that way. It was a really simple flip for me - don't expect it to be giving you all the answers yet."
I've been writing professionally since 2002, and in that time, I've experimented with lots of different strategies to keep myself on track. (I've been a columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and am now a contributing writer for The New York Times Opinion Section, in addition to cohosting Slate's Money podcast, and I've been an editor, reporter, and opinion writer for a number of other places.)
You're known as the systems guy. Do you have a system for generating ideas when a business is stuck, or even starting to flatline? How can someone replicate that to breathe new life into their own business? Michalowicz: Absolutely. Idea generation is a skill, not a talent. And like any skill, it gets better with practice. The best way to start is by using a method to structure your brainstorming, especially when you're learning to flex that creative muscle.
One of the best use cases that creatives have found for AI is getting over the fear of the blank page (or empty InDesign file). Sometimes you just need a few suggestions to get the creative engine running.