AI is fast. But speed without direction doesn’t create better work — it just creates more of it.
AI-generated UGC removes the one thing that made UGC powerful: real risk. Once authenticity is simulated, trust collapses.
Perfection closes an image. Intentional imperfection keeps it alive — because it signals authorship, not automation.
AI didn’t make visuals worse. It made indecision visible. This is why so much AI imagery feels technically right — and emotionally dead.
