Is Your Taste Better Than AI?

Greg Brockman stated that taste is a new core skill posted on X that 'Taste is a new core skill' in February 2026.

Paul Graham argued that choosing what to make is the main differentiator when anyone can make anything posted on X and previously wrote about taste in 2002 essay 'Taste for Makers'.

Aakash Gupta said that taste was always a core skill but could be ignored during a 30-year period due to execution difficulty wrote that taste was always a core skill and a 30-year window allowed ignoring it.

AI is making many software execution tasks broadly available, including code writing, design, copywriting, and data analysis examples include code, design, copywriting, and data analysis.

Promptable Taste covers preferences that can be expressed via reference or language and implemented by AI examples include UI styling, ad copy editing, and competitor analysis.