Karl Muller warns AI lacks human craftsmanship
Karl Muller draws on Wendell Berry's classic 1987 essay to argue that generative AI strips human touch and craftsmanship from creative work. While acknowledging AI can speed up boilerplate code, Muller contends that systems design and code review still fundamentally require human expertise.
Automating creative work with probabilistic AI strips away intentionality and human care, demonstrating that efficiency in generating boilerplate will never replace the necessity of human craftsmanship and oversight.
- –Wendell Berry's 40-year-old critique of technological disengagement maps directly onto current pushback against AI-generated media and art.
- –Probabilistic AI models may speed up routine software tasks, but system architecture and quality control remain inherently bound to human labor.
- –Marketing AI as a magical solution creates false expectations, masking model flaws and undermining the appreciation for genuine human work.
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2026-07-22
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