Yeah I’ve had a similar discussion with people before about how this will impact fresh talent in my industry (design/illustration).
The thing AI is gonna clobber first is the entry level work. The lower level clients that just want the thing cheap and aren’t the greatest to work with and generally don’t value creatives as much as they should.
These people suck to work for but that kinda work is precisely the the sort of stuff you need to do early on to learn some really valuable lessons. You learn patience, being diplomatic yet assertive, learning how to identify red flags, and also just getting the hours in designing/illustrating that it takes to become truly good at the job. And you need some kind of income even if it’s not great at that phase of things.
If I hadn’t had those kinds of jobs on and off for the first X number of years I wouldn’t be where I am today. School really can’t teach you all of that in practical terms either. So where does that leave beginners? It looks to me like the only kinds of people who could afford to get into my line of work in the future are people with rich parents or something. Or just people who are content to be the AI button pushers for clients who don’t care to learn to press the buttons themselves (but that will get stupid easy as time goes on). And those button pusher jobs are not going to pay as much and there’ll be plenty of people out there pushing those buttons too.
I fear that it’s gonna just be real damn challenging to become an actually good designer or illustrator with any kind of decent career in the future. And probably within 10 years the AI will be coming for the higher level jobs too so I have no idea where that will leave me.
Yeah I’ve had a similar discussion with people before about how this will impact fresh talent in my industry (design/illustration).
The thing AI is gonna clobber first is the entry level work. The lower level clients that just want the thing cheap and aren’t the greatest to work with and generally don’t value creatives as much as they should.
These people suck to work for but that kinda work is precisely the the sort of stuff you need to do early on to learn some really valuable lessons. You learn patience, being diplomatic yet assertive, learning how to identify red flags, and also just getting the hours in designing/illustrating that it takes to become truly good at the job. And you need some kind of income even if it’s not great at that phase of things.
If I hadn’t had those kinds of jobs on and off for the first X number of years I wouldn’t be where I am today. School really can’t teach you all of that in practical terms either. So where does that leave beginners? It looks to me like the only kinds of people who could afford to get into my line of work in the future are people with rich parents or something. Or just people who are content to be the AI button pushers for clients who don’t care to learn to press the buttons themselves (but that will get stupid easy as time goes on). And those button pusher jobs are not going to pay as much and there’ll be plenty of people out there pushing those buttons too.
I fear that it’s gonna just be real damn challenging to become an actually good designer or illustrator with any kind of decent career in the future. And probably within 10 years the AI will be coming for the higher level jobs too so I have no idea where that will leave me.