r/graphic_design • u/arnauddsj • 2d ago

Discussion Tired to read about AI nonsense

Sorry for the rant but I’m tired of all these messages from young people saying they quit freelancing or their graphic design studies because “AI can generate images.” So what?

You think a marketing or brand director is gonna fire their graphic designer and start creating visual campaigns themselves by prompting an AI? Then what, he sends his “ready to print” files (300dpi, with bleeds and all that shite) to the printer, who replies “Sorry, this isn’t even CMYK…”? Or probably the AI will generate the 100 banners in 10 formats the e-commerce team need for their affiliation campaign.

And now developers don’t even need to talk to UI designers anymore. They build faster with AI, so of course, they’ll just prompt the design themselves too.

Wait, never mind. Developers are gone too because AI took their jobs.

So I guess it’s just one CEO now, prompting all day.

Stop the nonsense. Maybe you're just looking for an excuse to give up or be lazy. And for those who are ready to get sh*t done, good for them, less competition.

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u/Own_Writer2427 2d ago

You're missing the point though. The problem is not that GD will disappear, it's that a company will need only one or two GD instead of hiring more since the use of AI helps do the work faster. So there will be a fierce competition between GD job seekers for limited positions.

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u/UncreativeTeam 2d ago

Yeah, and the company owns all assets created by former employees. They just need to feed those into the AI model to generally replicate the style. And then you don't really need either GD and can hire a cheaper one to run the prompts and do cleanup work.

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u/Defiant_Ad_8445 1d ago

then it shouldn’t last long term since trends change fast, no?