The CAHDD™ TechRatio™ philosophy was created to bring transparency and trust to all forms of human creativity and innovation. Its principles apply far beyond art and design—to engineering, architecture, music, medicine, education, research, product development, writing, entertainment, and countless other disciplines. Many of these professions already feel the influence of technology and automation, while others […]
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Many people today feel an unease they can’t quite put into words. As nearly every part of life becomes digitized—from financial transactions to creative tools, from building systems to personal records—a subtle but powerful shift has occurred. Convenience has replaced control, and trust has become something we extend not to people, but to systems we
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The October 2025 Pew Research study on global attitudes toward artificial intelligence revealed something both expected and profound: the world is uneasy. One-third of those surveyed said they are more concerned than excited about AI’s growing role in daily life. Nearly half said they feel both emotions equally. Only sixteen percent said they are more
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A Human-Centered Framework for Transparency in Creative Work The way we create is changing. From hand-drawn sketches and traditional craftsmanship to parametric modeling, advanced rendering, and AI-assisted workflows, technology now plays a role in almost every stage of the creative process. These tools are powerful, but they also raise new questions. How do we talk
Join the Movement — Keep Creativity Human CAHDD™ (Computer Aided Human Designed & Developed) is a not-for-profit initiative devoted to protecting and celebrating human creativity in an age of accelerating technology. Within this mission, CAHD™ (Computer Aided Human Designed) represents the creative and artistic foundation — the part of our ecosystem focused on design, visualization,
Our Mission CAHDD™ (Computer Aided Human Designed & Developed) exists to defend and elevate the role of human creativity in an age of accelerating automation. We believe that design, art, architecture, engineering, writing, and all creative disciplines are at their strongest when technology serves as a tool, a partner, and a force multiplier—not a replacement
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If there’s one word that sums up the difference between machine output and human art, it’s refinement. A computer can generate. It can spit out drafts, iterations, raw material by the ton. But generation isn’t the same as creation. The real artistry shows up in what happens after the first pass — the adjustments, the
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