AI is here, it’s loud, and it’s got Opinions™ on your workflow. One minute you only use models like Midjourney for “inspiration.” Next thing you know, your client is asking if you can “just use ChatGPT to make that website copy or bit of social content.” Designers: here’s the uncanny valley of creative automation. It’s shiny. It’s fast. It’s kind of terrifying. Especially when Bill Gates says only 3 jobs are safe from it.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: AI tools can be incredibly useful. Adobe Firefly, Copilot, even those cursed Figma plugins — they can speed up the boring stuff. Need a mood board? Boom. Need 20 logo variations? Here you go. Want to see what an Elk looks with spaghetti earrings in the style of Thomas Gainsborough? Don’t ask why - just type it in, and you got it. (Hoop, dangle or stud?)
