The Three-Pass Filter

Core Experience

A shift from passive acceptance of AI output to active authorship—using AI as a generator, not a decision-maker.

Why This Practice Exists

AI produces convincing options quickly. Without a structure for engaging with those outputs, it becomes easy to confuse availability with alignment. This practice creates a simple rhythm for staying in control of the process.

How to Begin

Use this immediately after generating outputs from AI (logos, writing, ideas, etc.).

Practice Prompt

Pass 1 - Observe (no decisions yet)

Look through the outputs and simply notice patterns:

• What repeats?

• What feels overdone?

• What feels like noise?

No choosing yet.

Pass 2 - Reject - this is where your Taste is getting developed, exercised

Go back through and remove anything that feels:

• too performative

• too complex

• or slightly “off”

Don’t justify it. Just remove it.

Pass 3 - Claim

From what remains, ask:

Which of these feels like something I would have made… even without AI?

That’s your starting point.

Gentle Close

AI can show you many directions.

But the one that matters is the one you’re willing to stand behind and repeat.

Studio Note Title

Using AI Without Losing Yourself in the Process