[Kerwin At AI Travel Pulse] What is Digital Drift and How to Fix it

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Apparently, there is something called the “digital drift.” This is where the Ai keeps creating new stuff as opposed to editing what you already have created; well it created :-).

This is quite annoying, so of course I asked the AI; how do we correct this and sure enough it told me what to do :-).

This all goes back to knowing what to ask so you get what you want… This is always crucial. Here’s the conversation I had; it starts with “O.K. I’m back” as last night the digital drift was really bad as I was working on an airport project with it :-) and I told it let’s take a break hehe:

“o.k. I'm back. So how do I ensure that you don't do the digital drift and make less typos in the designs? Tell me what I need to say so you stick to the original design and just correct what was done wrong?

Welcome back, Kerwin ✈️ — glad to see you again. And that’s a great question. The “drift” happens because every time you ask for a new render, I’ve been treating it like a fresh design brief instead of a locked template. Here’s how we can fix that so you get consistency and fewer typos:

🛠 How to Keep Me Consistent

1. Lock a Template Name

• Once you like a design, tell me:
  👉 “This is the Passrider Airport template — use it for all future cards.”

• Then, every time you want a new one, you just say:
  👉 “Make a JFK list using the Passrider template.”

That way, I know to reuse the same style (fonts, layout, colors, sections) instead of inventing something new.

2. Tell Me “Update, Don’t Redesign”

If you want corrections or tweaks, phrase it like:
👉 “Update the existing SFO list with the following changes, but keep the same template.”

That keeps me in edit mode instead of recreate mode.

3. Be Clear on What Stays Locked vs Flexible

For example:

• Locked (never change): Blue header, section order, footer with Passrider.com.

• Flexible (update per airport): The text in each section, airport code in header, maybe one airport-specific icon.

4. Add a QA Step

If you say:
👉 “Repeat back the layout before making the new card.”
I’ll confirm the structure first, so you can catch drift before I generate.

5. File Naming Discipline

Ask me to save each card as:
👉 Airport_List_[CODE].docx
This way you don’t lose track, and updates overwrite cleanly.

✅ If you use those phrases, I’ll stick to the locked style you approve — no reinventing, no typos from starting over.”

If you’re having the “digital drift” issue, I hope this will help to correct it :-).

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