The "no taste" thing is real when AI is in generate-for-me mode. It's trying to fulfill your request, and won't evaluate it unsolicited. But if you change the relationship and let it react to what you're building instead of building it for you, aesthetic judgment shows up immediately. It'll tell you something is ugly or overengineered or missing the point. The taste was always in the model, it just can't express it while it's busy being obedient.