Should I be a designer in the age of Ai?

[@designedbyfil]

I think a big difference between a tool like Photoshop changing the landscape vs GPT is that while photoshop certainly made it easier to create, it didn't create designs for the designers whereas GPT, Midjourney, DALL-E, etc. are actually DOING the work. AI is a 'tool' for sure, but I don't think it's a tool in the same way Figma is.

[@LorettaBangBang]

Then we gotta zoom in on actual ux, user tests, strategy work. The ux or visual designs we have right now is not even close to what is possible, so the next generation of designers will just be designing to higher standards.

[@TheMezmeriZe]

But, have you used those tools? It is actually a pain in the ass to get the exact result you want. You need hours to test and explain exactly what you need to the AI so it can give it to you. Also, clients dont know sheit about design, so if explaining a design for AI is complicated, imaging for a client!! Clients don't even know what they want neither what they need. I even work with clients that don't even know the difference between a design for mobile and for Desktop (they think the Desktop design must be the same always). So, the most important thing here is to know how to use the tool, and also, the ones that know that the tool exist are us, there are maaaaaaany people that doesn't even know it.

[@designedbyfil]

@@TheMezmeriZe * insert Kramer “that’s true” GIF here *

[@toptechtrends_23]

I feel like whatever an AI can do in terms of AI can be done better by getting a good human to go over it afterwards with their expertise. AI could also of course save tons of time with things like: * AI generating an initial concept - like a dribbble design personalised to your project * Sketch to design to speed up the manual work and tons more.

[@johncitizen8828]

Great to hear some balanced perspective on this from you Ran. Appreciated, as always.

[@francescob.3019]

if they were just tools, you’d be right, but i’m not sure this can be considered a tool like those we’ve seen in the past

[@dev9633]

They're tools that also do the job themselves. It would be like telling photoshop to go edit the image for you by just asking it to in plain english.

[@morizanova]

Yes!! You'll expand the design idea and imagination with those tools. TBH So many factor which even untrained peoples and clients can pointing out which design better than another although they've used identical tools. Of course It will overcrowded for a while, but that will back just like what happen with Wedding & Family Photo services - Audio Record & Mixing services , Art Decor or other form of skill based services, which need dedicated people, time and efforts to master it

[@djVania08]

I mean he's gotta protect his job too, there will be no genuine looking into the mirror. We will only see what happens with design work. I feel (feel!) That it would be similar as other parts of automation where you need just handful of people watching over what's happening.

[@evadesignagency]

I agree with your thoughts here. I do not think AI will end the career of a graphic designer. I tried ChatGPT today for the first time and it is definitely very promising and the things it is capable of doing to assist designers who use it as a tool is amazing BUT I do think it is in it's beginning stages. Even IF it could end a creatives career, its not happening anytime soon in my opinion. Love the video and also the AI tools video, thanks for your content!

[@davidanieland]

I'm optimistic about the ability of AI to mimic creative results that satisfy human aesthetics. I'm not as optimistic about humans as valuable contributors to that process in the eyes of corporations (who will also likely be driven by AI). This technological evolution may reach a fever pitch that doesn't repeat or rhyme with the past phases we've seen. It may take another decade or so, but I've got a 3 and 5 year old. Before they even get to the work force, countless industries will have been turned upside down. I don't know how to prepare them. The education system doesn't know how to prepare them. The idea of a career as a prompt engineer may become obsolete as quickly as it arrived. "AI as a tool" is true for now, but at some unknown point, AI will be a hammer sans the handle. Taking monetary concerns out of the equation, I think the future of AI could be great for humans. We can start learning skills and trades because we love them and want to subjectively experience them rather than turn them into a good in exchange for currency. If we can't beat AI at our own jobs, then we can start thinking differently about our purpose for staying busy and being creative.

[@pedroortiz4506]

I worked at a newspaper during the switch to Quark Express. I happened in 1 year. Crazy fast, hard for the staff.

[@themclloyd]

I understand your point, but the AI era is quite scary because these things learn and understand, while programs like Photoshop were just simple tools to complete the task. That's why it's quite scary, and also business owners will ignore designers if they just learn prompts. So to me, yes, most careers will be replaced, including designers, though it will go slowly to reach the full extent.

[@TheMarouuu]

What's the difference between a prompt generated "website design" and a template from themeforest. How is the prompt a gamechanger when it doesn't even have any type of content architecture, typography, actually usable colours, editing capabilities... anything really. In other words why would a vague picture of a website beat an actual design, and how is said businessman going to use that picture?

[@themclloyd]

@@TheMarouuu I get your point but lets not just focus on todays events but where we are going now

[@TheMarouuu]

@@themclloyd My guy, you just don't get it. There already are prompting languages for web design, they're called HTML and CSS. And they get improved all the time. AI web design is pointless because by the time they improve it enough for you to explain websites in detail, you'll do the same with HTML and CSS.

[@LorettaBangBang]

Photoshop is an easy tool? Ai tools are much easier

[@themclloyd]

@@LorettaBangBang I've used it as simple tool by trying to explain that it was making things easy replacing other tasks as the video explained

[@wgxyz]

Interesting perspective. But unlocking unlimited and more advanced cognitive labour is not the same as previous technological inventions

[@alessiomarchini6843]

As said by Mr Matt-Brunton : you need the TASTE! No AI can substitute 😉

[@ChadAV69]

AI is not like a type writer. AI has the ability to one day learn on it's own and expand to every single industry. I don't think it will happen this year, or next year, but in 15 years if we don't have an AI that can make websites with perfect UX and UI I think we fucked up.

[@HumanTouchArt]

not just UI also backend end the whole software is probably getting automated sure probably still gonna be some minimal human interaction like people adding some additional personal touch to it but that's is just 1 or 2 clicks on a website and its done ... kind of sad I actually enjoy coding and writing stuff alotugh a lot of time its just same bolier plate code but overall its just fun to do it once you learn how to do it ... i think ai will take a lot of human joy out of life ..everyone is talking how it will improve life but i don't know it doesn't seem like maybe its gonna improve some random every day jock who doesn't pay much attention to internet just goes on Instagram and tik tok but majority of people who work online and have some sort of IT creative job will suffer ...

[@abtdpx3818]

Basicly any profession is going to get replaced. Not just designers.

[@HumanTouchArt]

@@abtdpx3818 anything connected to the internet or computers at first

[@abtdpx3818]

@@HumanTouchArt Yeah, but just take real estate agents for example. Wont need them in the future aswell if we have AI.

[@dev9633]

You know what I don't mind getting replaced by robots? Recruiters. They should be the first to go!

[@sweatt4237]

Comment section is full of people lying to themselves. Been in this for nearly 20 years, I know it's over in another 5 at best. Learn something new that people will need in this hellscape we will be living in.

[@dev9633]

Like what though? Almost everything is done online these days and everything done online can be done by AI. Only thing that's not going anywhere soon are trades where you have to physically show up and work with your hands.

[@sweatt4237]

@@dev9633 Food.

[@sweatt4237]

@Pepe Silvia I'm sorry if I was too vague, I mean to say learn to grow food. It will be the last bill people stop paying. We are about to see things our grandparents didn't, life is about to get hard. Fighting AI for work is the best of all the potential outcomes. If reality comes off as fearmongering to you, the issue is you not reality.

[@dev9633]

@@sweatt4237 Hard to grow food if you don't own property. Most young people are paying rent with no hope of ever owning a house.

[@sweatt4237]

@@dev9633 Yes, Government is robbing us, the FED has destroyed our purchasing power, and Corporations have destroyed small business but the Titanic is sinking buddy. You can piece together a raft or you can complain about there being too few lifeboats.

[@herbertnondo]

How do you edit your videos?

[@toCatchAnAI]

Ai can learn and relearn a million times more than a human can in a very short time. I think that argument false and kinda arrogant. The thing about what's makes AI a real viable existential threat to the industry is it can learn in a minute what a human can learn in a hundred years, evolve by itself and learn everything that makes a craftsman a craftsman, sooner it will not be restrained by just a software, in a few months it will have hands and eyes too. It's becoming a "all-knowing working human" in a sense. This thing moves fast, so whatever that's left for us right now, might be gone sooner than we think.

[@77NickDale]

Don't be so dramatic! Let me guess. You grew up reading sci-fi books and watching sci-fi movies

[@toCatchAnAI]

@@77NickDale try to make an argument so we can have a real "conversation".

[@matthewsunshine1952]

that's a nice thought, but what if everyone's job eventually becomes a prompt engineer? your story will still make sense as there will be more creatives but there will no longer be the need to use the tools we are using now, just like setting type. And, keep in mind this whole process is getting faster and faster and faster. As a designer since the 90's I honestly don't believe anything I'm doing can't be automated. And I worked for some of the biggest brands out there. IMO anyone who thinks they are special will have a rude awaking here soon. 1 year or 5, I'm not sure, maybe you'll be one of the last, but I am already humbled.

[@77NickDale]

And? So what are you going to do about it? I don't understand how someone can just throw away all those years of devotion and work and give up ! @matthewsunshine1952 - but, you're probably almost retired? It's different for you!

[@matthewsunshine1952]

​@@77NickDale Hi Nick, I can't really give up something that already happened, but I can move on. 🕊

[@77NickDale]

@@matthewsunshine1952 I don't understand the comment. I meant give up your career? Your design work. What do you mean 'something that already happened'?..I know AI is already here and blah blah blah, I get it. My point was that - would you just give up all the work you've put into your career and just qujt?

[@matthewsunshine1952]

@@77NickDale I'm just trying to express the idea of quitting is an illusion. If you spent 10 years building a castle and then stopped, it seems like you are very passionate that would be quitting. From my perspective, it wouldn't be quitting because there are still 19 years of the castle completed. It's still there. Now there is a machine that can make a copy of the castle that was built and can print more. You said you couldn't understand why I would just quit and move on, or how could I? Well why would I just want to keep working on that same castle when I can now go on an adventure printing out many different castles all over the place, any way I want, many different styles. You can stay but I'm moving on.

[@AFMCarlos]

I surely think UI work will be drastically reduced, IA will design for us, and we'll make judgement calls.

[@mateogu1]

Comparing AI with Photoshop is a bit naive.

[@TheMarouuu]

AI can't even beat templates let alone web designers. A tool that can't even do typography isn't a threat in any capacity. Anyone that thinks that Midjourney/ChatGPT will replace web designers either doesn't understand web design, hasn't even tried the tools in actual work or is just trying to get some views. Unfortunately all this attention seeking is going to make people lowball our work.

[@hoosti3411]

I totally agree that AI isn't quite there yet when it comes to beating templates or web designers, especially stuff like typography. But, we can't ignore how fast tech like ChatGPT is improving. As AI keeps getting better rapidly, it might not be too wild to think that one day it could create some pretty good web designs.

[@sweatt4237]

@@TheMarouuu It's improving faster than you are I assure you. The sooner you accept the truth the sooner you can pivot.

[@TheMarouuu]

​@@sweatt4237 I don't want to sound arrogant or anything, so I apologise in advance, but I'm a experienced professional in my field. I don't accept truths like a religious fanatic, I test. If you think that web design is just copying colours and vague layouts from a make believe website picture then you are out of your depth. Since you clearly need to do some thinking, here's a thought experiment for you. Look at this page you're currently on, and let me know how you'll use AI to improve it.

[@sweatt4237]

@@TheMarouuu Been in this for almost 20 years. I remember always chatting about AI and saying to people "Yeah but AI will never be able to create." It was basically the first thing it did. I have accepted my fate, though I will continue until my last contract ends. How would I use AI to improve this page? Well I only have one user experience to pull from, I could gather more sure but would my analysis of that data really be accurate? AI will pull perfect user behavior from billions to appeal to the prevailing habits, things you and I didn't even know where an issue. So it's not how would I use AI, it's why would AI even need me.

[@TheMarouuu]

​@@sweatt4237 How is it going to pull and from where? And why is the data going to accurate? Do you have even a vague idea on how this process would look under the hood? I will go out on a limb and say that you haven't tried to use AI in depth, just watched sensationalist videos, and you don't understand how the models for either Midjourney or ChatGPT work. The only thing I see beneficial from this is that more and more people will fearmonger, less people will become web designers as a result and we can start charging a ton of money at last because of the deficit in workforce.

[@duckmasterflex]

I don’t know, I think this is different

[@HumanTouchArt]

the problem everyone is talking how ai tools will help them but you do realise ai can do everything by itself its when first computer came out you still needed people to input the data in the computer the times are changing we heading automnomes computer who do shit by themselves .. you have stuff like autoGtp that prompts itself probably a billion startups are working on the platforms where you just gonna prompt a website and ti will autogenerate a whole site with all the app functionality etc ... i don't know man i hope things settle down and we kind of stick in this current tech for a while but it seems like this stuff is not gonna end any time soon every week there is a new advancement and better models etc ... i do think a bigger issue is also how many people will try to get into a flied that has been already oversaturted with ai you will have millions if not billions of people trying to compete with you and sell their services ..but i hope I'm wrong and things settle down and we have a peaceful carrrer in the next decade or so ...

[@jarosoho2049]

AI won't replace designers, but designers using AI will 👩🏻‍💻🤖

[@77NickDale]

no

[@danielodera8878]

First 🥇 And I’m happy to say that I’m relieved that I can’t be replaced by Ai. Cause designing is what I have and love to do

[@maskman4821]

AI cannot replace you for sure, the fact is AI lowers the barrier to be able to design, I am a fullstack developer and I now design my own apps thanks to the advent of all sorts of AI you know 😍😀🦾😎😘🤩👍

[@danielodera8878]

@@maskman4821 thanks man and Good luck on in all ur endeavors ❤️🙌

[@thedefaultuser]

Instead of being a Designer you become an AI PROMPT master.

[@panashifzco3311]

being able to adapt with the ever-changing industry is the solutions to all problems.

[@danielodera8878]

And thank you for making this video

[@henkegiaretta]

So tired of this discussion...unsubscribing

[@ChadAV69]

Goodbye

[@corydaughtery]

bye lol smh

[@echox000]

Oh no… Anyway