r/graphic_design • u/arnauddsj • 3d 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 3d 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/Pristine-Lie2847 3d ago

I think it's so naive to not want to have this discussion as it's relevant to the very people who make up this industry. I get that people don't like to talk about it, but it's happening.

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u/ThyNynax 3d ago

Unfortunately, it is a fact of life that when a new technology is invented…if you don’t learn to adopt it, someone else will.

That’s been true all the way back to something as simple as riding horses up to things as complicated as nuclear weapons and biotechnology. 

The US nuclear program started because Germany was already on the road. US politicians decide to ban stem cell research and a couple of years later China is reporting progress on cloning. 

AI and AGI won’t be any different. We either learn how to adopt it and regulate it, or you may literally have to start a war to stop someone else from using it.

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u/Pristine-Lie2847 1d ago

For sure and people should talk about it.