A.I. vs N.I.

 

I came across the image above recently. To be honest, I have not read the full article. But It is not necessary, because in that little piece, it is found a reflection that coincides with my way of thinking and which, since A.I. appeared, popped into my head and has permanently lingered. And I'd like to share it here with you.

Of course A.I. is used for many different tasks and by many different people (in terms of profession). However, I speak from my perspective as a designer and teacher.

When I was a child (and it is a common experience for many), I developed a passion for cars and drawing. That passion lead and inspired me to sketch a lot. Cars, cartoons, comic characters, animals, etc. At the beginning (as usual) without much success. Nevertheless, the satisfaction ensued from performing the activity and the small or large progress that accompanied every sketch, made me keep going.

With practice for sure, it has become easier to a certain extent. Nowadays, I continue making mistakes or sometimes, the sketches or illustrations can result in a total failure. However, I continue learning and making some little progress, which again, results in a feeling of satisfaction and pride. Probably, the same feeling that, when finishing a sketch, made us as kids, show them to our moms and ask her to paste it on the fridge.

Today many people proudly ask an A.I. to do the job for them and then run into social media to post the magnificent imagery done, not by them but by the "machine" justifying themselves by saying: It made my render from what I intelligently wrote on the prompt or from a sketch that I made (which usually sucks, so it's made with 5% of their "talent" and 95% A.I.). Where's the fun in that? What are they proud of? 

Instead of giving A.I. the tasks that we don't like to do, to invest time on the things that we actually love to do, we're doing everything backwards. What's next? Ask the A.I. to fulfill our goals, to accomplish our objectives for us, to dream for us?

Sadly (and that is my personal opinion), many companies and studios (not all of them) are implementing the use of A.I. to increase the designer's "production". Why is that necessary, if we as humans have always been fully capable of solving problems, producing what is necessary, create on or own, think on our own? 

Or maybe we are just lazy.

 What will become of us if from now on we only delegate tasks (specially those that we used to enjoy)?

Gradually the current human being is turning himself into a generation of useless and inept people.

A.I. is a tool, a useful tool, but use it wisely.

Think about it. When using A.I. at least ask yourself. Am I rejecting my own being, my own essence, my own talents and abilities?

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