I'm sure you write just to send my brain into a flurry - well, good for you! The intellectual challenge is welcomed.
With this latest piece I wonder whether there's a paradox in your view. You (and we fellow artisans might similarly) speak so powerfully about craft, skill, and human ingenuity—but your argument critiques AI at the level of organisational systems and strategy. What happens if we zoom in? From my perspective, AI hasn't replaced me—it's amplified me. As an Artisan, it’s not a force to fear, but a tool to master. Shouldn’t the artisan lens start there?
Its a good point, and i find myself wandering round the topic looking at it from different angles.
Im a fan and extensive user of both Claude and Chat GPT, partly because it works, and partly to find out where the boundaries are. It's a jagged edge.
To pick your point up, the tech puts us on notice in a good way. We have to put our best work in where it ends. We find ourselves not just having to master it, but also to tread new ground.
Many are looking at the tech through an "efficiency" lens. Understandable, but short term. The real work for the artisan mind is to see it as a tool to explore.
The opportunity it offers is to empower our difference- in many ways to " do a Lineker" (the power balance between him and the BBC is fascinating- who needs who more)
The threat is that we use the tech on its terms, and become little more than priests at the temple.
I'm sure you write just to send my brain into a flurry - well, good for you! The intellectual challenge is welcomed.
With this latest piece I wonder whether there's a paradox in your view. You (and we fellow artisans might similarly) speak so powerfully about craft, skill, and human ingenuity—but your argument critiques AI at the level of organisational systems and strategy. What happens if we zoom in? From my perspective, AI hasn't replaced me—it's amplified me. As an Artisan, it’s not a force to fear, but a tool to master. Shouldn’t the artisan lens start there?
Its a good point, and i find myself wandering round the topic looking at it from different angles.
Im a fan and extensive user of both Claude and Chat GPT, partly because it works, and partly to find out where the boundaries are. It's a jagged edge.
To pick your point up, the tech puts us on notice in a good way. We have to put our best work in where it ends. We find ourselves not just having to master it, but also to tread new ground.
Many are looking at the tech through an "efficiency" lens. Understandable, but short term. The real work for the artisan mind is to see it as a tool to explore.
The opportunity it offers is to empower our difference- in many ways to " do a Lineker" (the power balance between him and the BBC is fascinating- who needs who more)
The threat is that we use the tech on its terms, and become little more than priests at the temple.
These are interesting times....
And as a great example of something i applaud :-)
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/may/19/the-retailer-who-wants-us-to-buy-less-patrick-grant-on-his-fight-against-fast-fashion