lucasmurphy•1mo agoProlific Poster

My grandma's hand-drawn blueprints vs. my AI design tool today.

Kind of miss the pencil smudges, but the speed is insane.

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Think about what we lose with all this speed. Those pencil smudges showed where ideas changed. My grandma's blueprints had margin notes that told a story. AI gives perfect lines fast, but it doesn't think. Handmade stuff has a warmth that clicks can't match. Slowing down often makes better work.

oscarwilson1mo agoMost Upvoted

Professor Jenkins always kept his first sketch, smudges and all. Makes you wonder if perfect AI files will even matter in fifty years, right?

jamesf261mo ago

Those pencil smudges showing where ideas changed is so true. My AI stuff comes out clean, but it feels empty. I tried to draw a floor plan by hand last week. Looked like a toddler did it. Now I see why grandma's notes in the margins mattered. The mess meant she was figuring it out, not just clicking buttons.

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