Alfred Lin(@Alfred_Lin):.@SahilBloom's The Locksmith Paradox hit my inbox through multiple sources over the weekend. It is definitely worth reading and worth considering how it applies to our work in the world of AI. The punchline, though you should read the entire article: "AI is increasingly enabling effort, expertise, and mastery to hide in the background. It's shifting the visible effort out of view. The masterpiece is a masterpiece, whether it took 30 seconds or 30 years."

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Alfred Lin@Alfred_Lin

2026.10.27 13:54

.@SahilBloom's The Locksmith Paradox hit my inbox through multiple sources over the weekend. It is definitely worth reading and worth considering how it applies to our work in the world of AI. The punchline, though you should read the entire article: "AI is increasingly enabling effort, expertise, and mastery to hide in the background. It's shifting the visible effort out of view. The masterpiece is a masterpiece, whether it took 30 seconds or 30 years."