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0 pointsoldstrangers3y ago0 comments

I think designers are becoming more valuable than ever. Designers can better help train the AI on what actually looks good, designers will (probably) always have a more intuitive understanding of UI/UX, designers can better implement the work the AI actually produces, and designers can coordinate designs across multiple different mediums and platforms.

Additionally, the rise of no-code development is just extending the functionality of designers. I didn't take design seriously (as a career choice) growing up because I didn't see a future in it, now it pays my bills and the demand for my services just grows by the day.

Similar argument to make with chess AI: it didn't make chess players obsolete, it made them stronger than ever.

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adolph3y ago

> I think designers are becoming more valuable than ever.

Are all designers becoming more valuable or is a subset of really good ones going to reap the value increase and capture more of the previously available value?

oldstrangersOP3y ago

Never made an argument for all designers. Obviously the talent pool for any field is finite, and the best of that talent rises to the top. Good designers are being compensated increasingly well, hence "designers are becoming more valuable than ever."

Bad designers are even being given better and better paying jobs as the top talent gets poached up quicker and quicker.

astrange3y ago

What job you have (theoretically) isn't due to "absolute advantage" but "comparative advantage".

In other words, if someone else is a better designer than you, that actually has nothing to do with if they're going to take your job. They may have something better to do. An ML model isn't a worker no matter how good it is at painting, so rather than having a job it has input resources (RTX 3090s, electricity, maintenance engineers) but the concept is still important.

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