Generative AI and the era of increased gatekeeping

Generative AI models can create text, images, code, and music faster and in larger quantities than our ability to absorb them. Before ChatGPT was introduced to the world in November 2022, producing a piece of media took longer than consuming it. In 2026, the equation has been turned on its head. If your job—thus far—involved curating or evaluating the work of other humans, this is a problem. Generative AI is bad news for teachers and professors, editors at magazines and publishing companies, maintainers of