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Remember when you had to explain your whole photo idea to a designer?
About five years ago, I needed a simple icon for a project and spent a week emailing back and forth with a freelancer. Last month, I described a 'cartoon owl wearing glasses and reading a book' to an image generator and had a dozen options in under a minute. The shift from needing a specialist for every visual asset to just typing a sentence has been wild. It makes you wonder what creative tasks will be next to get that kind of instant access. Has anyone else had a moment where an AI tool completely flattened a process that used to take days?
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amy_west1mo ago
Wow, I totally get this. I used to think AI art was just a gimmick, honestly. But last week I needed a logo for a friend's little book club. Instead of hiring someone, I typed in "cozy mystery book with a magnifying glass and a cup of tea" and bam... had five solid ideas in seconds. It's crazy how something that felt like a whole production before is now just... typing a sentence. Makes my head spin thinking what's next.
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keith_bennett1mo agoTop Commenter
Five logo ideas in seconds is wild. I remember my cousin paying a designer like 300 bucks for a coffee shop logo that took three weeks. Now you just describe your vibe and it's done. Kinda makes you wonder if we'll even need to learn how to draw stuff soon, or if we'll all just be really good at typing weird sentences.
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