Co-Creative Framework

Principles

A constraint framework — a working artist's rulebook for using AI positively, productively, and with purpose. 13 principles, one set for each phase of a Co-Creative Loop. From [v5] Book.

repeat · loop speed = iterationsGGenerationFFeedbackIIteration
Phase 1Generation
making original work — ideas and first drafts, your authorship behind it
  1. 1.1Begin with the AI-last approach
  2. 1.2Your honest answer is more important than AI's correct answer
  3. 1.3Treat yourself like a generative algorithm
  4. 1.4Always cite the models you use
  5. 1.5Learn the tools of the craft, but try building your own tools
Phase 2Feedback
gaining insight into what you've created
  1. 2.1Human–AI overlapping signals tend to be critical
  2. 2.2Use both coordinate-based & coordinate-less feedback
  3. 2.3Novelty is not the metric — use AI to appreciate the obvious
  4. 2.4AI emotional support isn't strange
Phase 3Iteration
changing existing work on new insight; planning what's left to make or cut
  1. 3.1Personalize your scale of an iterative loop
  2. 3.2If you don't know how it works, you're in a bad place
  3. 3.3Become an expert in cross-skilling & agent management
  4. 3.4Decide what is the dirty work

These principles hang off the loop phases in the Creative Loops tab. Edit them in lib/loops.js.