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I quit my Google software engineering job and became a watercolor artist. Here’s how I’m using — and not using — AI.

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Artist Sara Wilczynska, who previously was a software engineer at Google, reflects on the strict boundaries she has for AI usage in her work.

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  1. 2026-09-16 09:15 · Business Insider AI
    I quit my Google software engineering job and became a watercolor artist. Here’s how I’m using — and not using — AI.

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