Optimism about the road ahead with AI

Over the last few years I’ve waffled between fear of where tech and design are headed in regards to AI versus excitement about the possibilities ahead.

Today I’m choosing to move into the optimism camp. Less so out of absolutely being sold and believing this is the best for the industry, and more so out of its inevitability and seeing a need to be at the forefront of change. Also, I’m seeing merit in its possibilities.

Is that a cycnical take on optimism? Yes. It is.

But, over the years I’ve both forced change and been part of unexpected change. It’s a constant in this field that change will come, and I’m still at the stage where I want to be ahead of the shifts and turns.

I’ve also seen that many of these changes have helped me improve and grow as a designer.

Now that doesn’t mean going in blindly. So much of what’s thrown at us is crap. But within that are morsels of value, and I intend to find the value.