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Friction is good actually. The frictionless engagement with AI is why it one shots so many people who just aren't willing to accept the difficulty of the creative process.
I think the problem isn't the lack of friction, I think the problem as it relates to friction is twofold: One, and this is the most important, is that these systems are designed overwhelmingly to prioritize reducing friction even at the expense of countless other benefits, like finer control. Two, our culture has produced people so averse to friction that the friction of "drafting" is too much for them to find acceptable in their "hobby" of asking the shitty art genie to grant their fetishes.
Reducing friction is good, actually, it just needs to be considered in the context of what the cost of doing so is can the cost can easily outweigh the benefit.
I've been thinking about friction a lot. It's a really good metaphor for a lot of things. Both good and bad. In creativity it's definitely good because it drives people to do something slightly different.
if you think there's no friction with generative AI you've never tried to get it to write code with multiple loops.