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CRAFT IS UNTOUCHABLE

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Craft survives AI just as it survived the synthesizer: the tool changes, but the underlying judgment does not. The real threat is the temptation to treat AI-generated outputs as finished work, skipping the refinement cycles that build expertise over time. When speed and convenience become the standard, craft doesn't disappear — it just becomes easier to abandon.