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I've been working on a million different software projects lately, and I've noticed that the less I actually have opinions about something, the easier it is to get AI to do what I "want." But conversely, the more I care what it actually looks like, the harder it is to get AI to align with me.Below are iterations of designs for a kids' savings app where I want to visualize progress toward a goal. Currently the site just shows a number, and I wanted more. First, Claude decided that filling a glass was the best metaphor.Then the glass got bubblyThen we had a monstrosity of an AI vector art piggy bank (sorry, Andrej, I think we're still not there yet on the pelican test).Then we got a stack of coins, which is along the right path, but $86 coins is still a bit too big a chunk for most kids to feel good about progress.Finally, we got the design I landed on.If I didn't care, didn't have an opinion, I could have been done days ago. Sure filling a glass makes no sense in the context of saving…

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