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🧠 When AI Asks for Your Credit Card... and Your Editor Asks You to "Make It Pop"

🧠 When AI Asks for Your Credit Card... and Your Editor Asks You to "Make It Pop"

Ever felt like your workday was hijacked by vague feedback, endless email threads, or an AI trying to be a little too helpful?

Cahn Studios
April 22, 2025

Let’s rewind.

Last month, I watched a creative team go back and forth on a 3-second video clip for over four hours. Notes like:

“Can we make the transition smoother?”
“It feels off, but I can’t explain why.”
“Maybe just… pop it more?”

Meanwhile, in a totally different corner of the internet, an AI tool casually asked a journalist to input his credit card details during a demo.

Two totally different stories, but one shared problem:
We’re building and using tools that don’t truly understand how we work — or how we think.

Creative Chaos is Real!!!

In today’s content-heavy world, collaboration has become a battlefield:

43-email threads about a 15-second clip
Dozens of unclear, untrackable feedback comments
File versions floating in Slack purgatory
Zoom fatigue — yet zero clarity

Tools meant to simplify are actually complicating our lives.

And then there's AI…

While AI promises efficiency, it can easily cross boundaries when built without critical checks. Like asking for your credit card in a chatbot.

🚨 That actually happened. And not on a shady site — during a public interview with OpenAI’s CEO. Here is the You Tube video link for those who missed watching it (21:48 onwards)

As creators and collaborators, our judgment is still our greatest tool.

Because:

AI can’t define your brand tone
It won’t sense when feedback is off
It doesn’t know when something just feels wrong
And it definitely shouldn’t handle your money

So here’s the truth:

Whether it’s a teammate giving fuzzy notes or an AI pushing a little too far, what we’re really lacking is clarity, alignment, and trust in our tools.

We don’t need more apps.
We need better ones — designed with the human workflow in mind.

Know someone struggling with broken workflows or getting a little too cozy with their AI assistant? Forward this!!!!!

🚀 Something New Is Coming:

At Cahn Studios, we’ve been quietly building a platform that cuts the noise, brings teams together, and makes video collaboration feel as smooth as a conversation.

Clear, time-coded feedback.
No vague comments.
No AI asking for your wallet.

Just real tools for real creators.

✨ Curious? Let's Talk.

What does your creative workflow look like right now?
Is it smooth? Or slightly held together by duct tape and prayer?

Reply to this email or DM us — let’s talk shop. We’re here to help you untangle the chaos.

And hey, if you’ve ever received a note like “make it pop,” we’d love to hear how you handled it 😉

Stay creative. Stay sharp. Stay human.
— Team Cahn