{"slug": "draw-like-a-kid", "title": "Draw Like a Kid", "summary": "Amazon will let users design merchandise by speaking to Alexa, with direct-to-garment printing and Prime shipping, but author Steve Berry criticizes the trend, arguing that AI-generated designs strip away the authenticity that makes local efforts like a neighborhood car wash flyer compelling. Berry contends that a hand-drawn, imperfect design would be more effective because it feels genuine.", "body_md": "# Draw Like a Kid\n\nAmazon will now let you design merch by talking to Alexa and have it printed direct-to-garment, shipped Prime.\n\nPublished Jun 25, 2026\n\nAuthor Steve Berry\n\nAmazon will now let you design merch by talking to Alexa and have it printed direct-to-garment, shipped Prime. Describe a thing, get a hoodie. The avalanche of slop is on its way.\n\nIt's a novelty. Fine. But here's why I don't like it.\n\nSome kids down the street made a flyer for their neighborhood car wash. Twenty bucks, we'll come over, we'll clean your car. Good hustle. Let's go! Except the flyer was designed by AI. It looked like literally everything else! Same fake confidence, same nobody-made-this design.\n\nMy reaction… I'm not using your service now.\n\nThe whole point of a neighborhood car wash is that it's *your neighbors*. Local kids. Somebody local, here, real. That's the entire pitch! And the slop stripped it out. The flyer that was supposed to say \"we're the kids from down the street\" says \"we're the same as everyone, everywhere.\"\n\nThey should've drawn it like a kid. A crayon car and a crooked phone number would've out-converted the AI version ten to one, because it would've been true.\n\nDraw it like a kid. I'll give you $20 bucks.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/draw-like-a-kid", "canonical_source": "https://thoughtmerchants.com/opinion/draw-like-a-kid", "published_at": "2026-06-25 06:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 22:40:14.251748+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Amazon", "Alexa"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/draw-like-a-kid", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/draw-like-a-kid.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/draw-like-a-kid.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/draw-like-a-kid.jsonld"}}