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vintagevibetoday at 4:38 PM4 repliesview on HN

Pro designers are generally paid because they’re extremely good editors. And they’re an intermediary between clients and their consumers.

So when you put the capability in the hands of the client without the editing (or taste) and no way to evaluate the result, you get the passable, homogenous thing.

It mostly doesn’t matter because there’s no economic incentive for it to matter, which is why much of our aesthetic world is the way it is.


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yellowappletoday at 9:00 PM

Designers having that artistic taste, and clients lacking it, is exactly why I don't think generative AI is going to do much to replace (skilled) designers anytime soon. Likewise for other creative professions, and indeed for knowledge work in general.

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johnnyanmactoday at 8:15 PM

>It mostly doesn’t matter because there’s no economic incentive for it to matter

Very generous way to say "executive greed has drained bespoke design out of society. I've been seeing more videos on such a topic, but this one was by far the best one I've seen yet: https://youtu.be/HgjXjPP_p3s?is=yVsto8SCnY-SsnVY

(Just in case, don't let the thumbnail fool you. The car simply frames as it expands to general society).

cruffle_duffletoday at 6:20 PM

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