I’ve noticed I keep comparing what’s “left” for humans — as AI gets stronger — with craftsmanship. Another comparison I always make is that “hallucination” is an intrinsically good skill.
In the first case, we pay for the “imperfection” of the piece. Want perfect ceramics? Buy industrial. Otherwise, you want it from that specific person, and that person may even use tools to help them.
In the second case, if we called AI “hallucination” “an attempt to leave the local optimum for the global optimum”, people would respect it more. Besides, if it weren’t for hallucination, we’d have fewer songs and less art in general.
GenAI is a tool. We need to know how to use all this potential in our favor and catalyze this more human delivery.
Not sure if I’m hallucinating too much lol
Originally written in Portuguese and published on LinkedIn on November 24, 2025. I translated it into English with the help of AI (Claude): it let me bring my LinkedIn posts to people who don’t read Portuguese without rewriting each one from scratch. I reviewed the translation to keep my original meaning and tone.