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Design veteran criticizes genAI for hindering creative visualization

A design professional with over 25 years of experience argues that generative AI is detrimental to visualizing ideas in creative conversations. They contend that AI-generated visualizations are often too polished and contain errors, which can derail discussions and lead to careless execution of concepts by those unfamiliar with the subject matter. AI

IMPACT Suggests generative AI may not be suitable for early-stage creative ideation and visualization due to its tendency to produce overly finished or erroneous outputs.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a design professional about the limitations of generative AI in creative processes.

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Design veteran criticizes genAI for hindering creative visualization

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    No, genAI is not good for visualizing ideas. With 25+ years in design lemmetellya, nothing derails a creative conversation like a visualization that's too finis

    No, genAI is not good for visualizing ideas. With 25+ years in design lemmetellya, nothing derails a creative conversation like a visualization that's too finished-looking, except if it's also full of errors. Just another case of this being a tool for badly & carelessly doing thi…