spatial relationship to how you are using AI

Lately, I’ve been thinking about my use of AI as a kind of spatial relationship. Where do I stand in relation to the machine—above it, beside it, under it? Each position carries a different kind of power dynamic. To be above is to steer, beside is to collaborate, below is to serve.

— Frank Chimero

I like this visual approach to how you are using AI. Are you steering it completely as a tool fully under your control? Are you working with it as a collaborative partner that helps you explore possibilities? I sincerely hope that you aren’t letting it control you and what you are creating.

Chimero goes into great detail about how different musical artists are integrating the tools into their workflow. Definitely worth reading the entire article.

For now, my basic attitude is still that most people are using AI as a shortcut to thinking and that makes me really sad.