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It’s about thinking and

Imagination

Initially, when generative AI

platforms started emerging

online, I had reservations
about the entire thing and
still do. My first thought was

that generative AI would

make humans suspend their
ability to think and use
AI to get things done for

them. But as I subscribed
to one of the platforms and Image generated by Samuel Phillips

started interacting with the
technology, I realized it is you, you will keep getting We have somehow created

also an opportunity to think wrong outputs, which can a generation of people who
and be imaginative. be very frustrating and time have lost the ability to think,
and money-wasting. So, imagine and come up with

As I mentioned, prompts against my initial opinion things. Most young people

are descriptive commands of AI, I found myself want to play games, dance
given to an AI generative putting in the effort to think on TikTok, and do mindless

app to create something about the thing I wanted online challenges that add
one imagines. And without to generate, imagine what nothing to the overall well-

prompts, nothing happens. it would look like when being of their communities.
And here is what I realized: it was generated and then

if you don’t take time write out the prompts that Yes, there are a lot of
to think, imagine, and would accurately or almost pitfalls with the advent of

accurately spell out what accurately give me a good generative AI, especially
you want AI to create for result. for creatives who, before

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