AI and Original Intentionality

Drawing on experience across several industries since 2022, the author suggests society is settling on a middle way: AI use in creative processes will be widely accepted as long as the creation shows clear Original Intentionality across its design, while AI "slop" lacks Intentionality or Originality and is trained on others' work without consent. The author argues restraint shows skill and suspects this explains louder backlash against AI art than AI programming, since end users rarely see code, and suggests cultivating elegance in AI-assisted codebases where people interface with code directly.