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tech

AI is Ruining My Life! Do I Need to Change Careers?

Imagine spending 2 years of your life stressing over getting a 4.0 GPA at school, building a good portfolio, typing out this blog for your lab assignment, just for the owner of a business to be like, “Why should I hire you? AI can do your job quicker and I don’t have to pay Adobe as much. Plus, ChatGPT is free.” Now, before we grab our knees and rock back and forth like a crazy person, I still believe that there is a place for graphic designers for this world we live in.

The reason there is a place for us is very simple. There is a level of problem solving and design concepts that AI doesn’t have a grasp on yet. While it can generate a background that looks very convincing like the real thing, it can also fail to understand the design concepts that we are taught. We have an idea of why things should be round or square? Why red might be too aggressive and blue might be a better option? Most people that also use AI, won’t know how to create a good prompt for the AI, leading to iffy results.

While AI is progressing at a scary rate, I think that designs with a human touch will be in higher demand over AI generated photos.

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design

Love My AI and Give Me Money! Sincerely, Adobe

Internet challenge: Impossible! I dare you to find a piece of software or a website that isn’t either developing an AI model or already has one available. Most things now-a-days are using AI in some form or fashion. It is a hot topic of debate and will be sure to generate engagement (please engage with this post I used the buzzword!). One platform that uses it is Adobe. They use image generation to help make your life easier. Adobe wants you to use this in the worst way possible. Why is that?

AI is the popular thing that people of all ages enjoy playing with and Adobe wants a piece of that pie. Adobe has changed its business model from paying one lump sum of money from their software, to using a subscription model where you pay monthly for their service. As you use AI, it can create stagnation and make it a crutch. If you quit using your creative muscles, you eventually lose them. Think of them like your arms. If you quit bench pressing, they won’t be as strong. Adobe wants you to lean on their tools to make sure they get their rent money which has proven to be a very lucrative business model.

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Adobe AI is Here to Save the Day!

“Create an image for this blog post talking about how good AI is for image generation” Now what will this create? I am not sure but Adobe AI will come up with something in less than a minute while I will sit and brainstorm this concept for a while and then have to actually create it. Time is money and AI is here to help you maximize your minutes.

Want to level the playing field for designers that have more experience than you? AI can do that! AI can make adjustments to designs that look professional and use templates to make it where anyone can make something that looks good. AI is also good at removing unwanted elements for you while keeping the integrity of the work. This helps improve the smoothness of your workflow and give you more time to focus on your creative design (AI can help with that too!). It will even remember you style so the more you use it, the better suggestions overtime. Play around with it and see what you can create and how easy it will be!