Ideas Weave Every Narrative with AI.
AI didn’t just make coding easier; it destroyed its value. When a designer can use ChatGPT to write 95% of an app’s code, technical execution is no longer a moat. The future of software isn’t about features—it’s about emotional resonance, aesthetics, and taste. Just ask the Pomodoro timer app making $18k a month off a hand-drawn cat.
A new study shows people often prefer AI-written stories over human ones. But the real danger isn’t that AI writes better — it’s that the more we consume average, safe content, the more we unlearn how to appreciate the messy, original, and truly human stories. The algorithm is not just writing; it’s reshaping our taste.
AI isn’t making creators obsolete — it’s revealing that the real job has always been about taste and curation, not raw output. In the age of infinite content, the only thing that stops the scroll is a human with judgment. The bottleneck isn’t generation; it’s selection.
When AI makes implementation cheap, the product manager’s job shifts from managing resources to making high-quality judgments: what to build, when, and to what degree. Forget learning to code—become a judgment architect. This article breaks down 7 strategies from OpenAI’s Codex lead on how to thrive when building is abundant and taste is the only moat.