Aesthetic Drift

Preamble

Aesthetic Drift tracks how taste moves: references, visual preferences, critique habits, anti-patterns, prose standards, and the kinds of outputs that start feeling acceptable.

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Taste Changes Through Contact

Aesthetic judgment shifts through references, tools, collaborators, constraints, and repetition. The report shows which references entered, which preferences strengthened, and which old refusals got weaker.

Generic Taste Is A Real Risk

The model can make average taste feel polished. It can pull output toward familiar layouts, safe palettes, balanced critique, and competent sameness. The report notices when my taste becomes easier to predict.

The Question Is Still Chosen Pressure

Taste belongs to me when the choices still carry pressure. The map can show movement in references and judgments. I decide which changes are growth and which are drift toward convenience.