Originality didn’t vanish when AI arrived. It had already been replaced by speed, familiarity, and safe repetition. AI didn’t change what we valued. It simply made the trade-off impossible to ignore.
thinking vs output
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Original thought didn’t disappear when AI arrived. It had already been sidelined by systems that rewarded speed, familiarity, and confidence over thinking. AI didn’t kill originality. It exposed how optional we had already made it.