The easier it becomes to make things, the harder it becomes to make something that has depth.
The tools, specifically of the AI variety, have flattened the process. AI is collapsing the stages where ideas used to take shape. In the very recent past, an artist might have moved from reference gathering to drafting to execution, with each step forcing decisions and revealing taste. Now, a single prompt can bypass that entire creative arc, producing something polished but often interchangeable.
And without any real effort, the work loses depth.
