Let’s get this out of the way: AI doesn’t have taste. It has statistics. It knows what’s popular, what’s trending, what’s most likely to earn a double-tap — but it doesn’t  know why . And that gap between knowing and feeling is exactly where design lives. The new generation of AI tools—Midjourney, Runway, Firefly, ChatGPT’s image extensions—are starting to behave less like assistants and more like  art directors . They don’t just help you make things; they tell you  how things should look . Designers are already deferring to prompts instead of instincts. Moodboards are being built by models, not minds. The machines are learning style. But taste? That’s another story. The Cult of Infinite Style AI has range, sure. It can spit out a thousand aesthetic flavors faster than a designer can open Figma. Bauhaus minimalism? Vaporwave maximalism? Barbiecore meets brutalism? No problem. But let’s not confuse  breadth  with  taste . Taste is selective. AI is not.…