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When Toheeb Popoola's father brought home a laptop with Photoshop installed, neither knew it would launch a creative career. The Nigerian designer taught himself digital design through trial and error, transforming financial struggle into artistic purpose.
When New York gave 2,400 artists $1,000 a month with no strings attached, critics predicted laziness. Instead, artists spent nearly four more hours per week on their creative work.
The age of AI "slop" revealed something crucial: machines can create content fast and cheap, but only humans can tell what's actually worth making. Your ability to judge quality just became your most valuable skill.
