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    AI will replace designers soon. Should we take UX as a career or not?

    Shanu
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    Johan Steneros
    It will never replace designers. It will just assist them with some tasks.
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    Kunal Rajelli
    Slingshot Design
    Slingshot Design
    AI has improved the efficiency/bandwidth of UX designers to brainstorm new ideas at the pace of their thoughts. The UX designer's input would always be there for the specialised design tasks.
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    Anoir Houmou
    UX designers will continue to have careers for now, due to AI's unreliability. If datasets are bad the algorithms can make bad decisions therefore having an in-house UX designer is always preferable.
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    John Stephen Aïmond Banson
    @anoirhoumou That is true, but AI will only get better over time. Even then, I believe good designers will still have jobs even when AI improves. AI may become better than many designers combined, reducing the number of designers needed on a team, but it will be another alternative to repetitive human effort. The tasks that can be automated will be and should be, but I don't think design-driven companies will rely on AI for important decision-making in design thinking and user-centric products.
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    John Stephen Aïmond Banson
    In the case between AI and designers, I don't think AI can replace designers, at least not entirely. Companies will still need designers, just the ones who cannot be replaced by automation. Some design tasks (rebuilding design systems and creating user interfaces) can be automated, but a significant aspect of design thinking is purely human-centric. Whether it is industrial design or UX, you need a human to build a product for humans. AI can improve design workflows and reduce the resources to make that product, but a designer will direct the design and development. The context of AI 'replacing' designers could be those whose efforts rely on such repetitive tasks. That's why designers need to become more than pixel-pushers. Design-driven companies value good designers with an aptitude for leadership, abstract thinking, and business and innovation skills - like taking charge of a project, being emphatic, understanding user psychology, and making unique product experiences. Still, some describe the perfect designer as one who takes their idea and brings out a finished product. Doesn't that sound so much like a machine? Being a designer is so much more than that. Design is both a science and an art; if designers stopped limiting themselves to job labels and instead learned to evolve with technology, we stand a better chance of surviving the disruptive AI wave. Maybe one day, AI will be the best designer, but as long as it is supervised and requires human input to make the output, designers will always have the advantage. And I look forward to that change because new solutions also bring up new problems. You might find these helpful: https://medium.com/design-bootca... https://medium.com/design-bootca...
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