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O'Shaughnessy argues that AI will democratize creativity the way the printing press democratized knowledge. More people will create, quality will be more evenly distributed, and the premium on truly original thinking will increase.
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O'Shaughnessy observes that GPT-3 was astonishing in 2020, boring by 2022. GPT-4 was astonishing in 2023, boring by 2024. Each AI capability adapts into the new baseline within months.
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AI lowers the floor of creative competence but raises the ceiling of creative ambition — anyone can now produce good work, so only exceptional work stands out
O'Shaughnessy argues that AI tools (image generation, writing assistance, music composition) mean that mediocre creative work is now free and abundant. This makes the bar for standing out higher, not lower.Was this useful?