Generated output is the new lorem ipsum.

Generative tools have made production more accessible. Using natural language alone, we can now give form to ideas that would otherwise have required one or more skilled practitioners to execute. Generated material now permeates both digital products and the physical world. As plausible output becomes nearly free, the premium once attached to production itself declines. More of the value moves into judgment. Expectations rise with that shift, and so does the bar for competent work.Generated output is the new lorem ipsum. Plausibility is now the baseline; quality still requires judgment. What once required substantial effort to produce can increasingly be treated as raw material.Being able to produce something has never been the same as being able to produce something good. For the novice, the danger is that the sophistication of the artifact can outrun their ability to evaluate it. The output looks finished before the person producing it has developed the judgment required to know…