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Thinking how many so called "graphics designer"s have just been replaced by a machine makes me smile and shudder at the same time.

ThomPete 17y ago
Not graphics designers. The hours graphic designers have do spend one something they hate so much has been replaced by a machine. And for that we are very grateful.
- thorax 17y ago
  These kind of problems for graphic designers are like software bugs to developers. Now they'll get to spend more of their time "coding features" instead of debugging.
- makmanalp 17y ago
  That's why I said "so called". Being a graphic designer involves much more than just touching things up in photoshop.
davidedicillo 17y ago
yeah, that saves a lot of time. I'm sure for serious jobs you really need to go back and touch up things, but this is a pretty good first pass.
- ThomPete 17y ago
  A serious job is a job you get paid for. I can't tell how many times removing that tree or expanding that picture just 50 pixels can mean the world.
hkuo 17y ago
I don't believe any amount of technology will ever remove a human out of a creative task. Technology can offer tools and speed and power, but it is worth nothing without a creative mind to make use of it. I mentioned this in another comment thread, but there was an article about Gary Kasparov discovering that a human supported by a computer can beat both a human or a computer alone. Technology simply makes mundane tasks easier so more energy can be spent on creative possibilities.
- endtime 17y ago
  >I don't believe any amount of technology will ever remove a human out of a creative task. Technology can offer tools and speed and power, but it is worth nothing without a creative mind to make use of it. This might not be quite what you meant, but if creativity is not a computable function, what do you think it is?
  - hkuo 17y ago
    Simple. It's an emotional one. The one thing I doubt a computer could truly achieve. Consider from Star Trek, Data's quest to understand laughter. He could replicate it. He could understand it. But he could never feel it.
    - endtime 17y ago
      Emotions are chemical reactions. I don't know why you think those couldn't be simulated. And Star Trek is fiction. Trying to use its storyline as evidence of anything is, uh, misguided.

ThomPete 17y ago

Not graphics designers. The hours graphic designers have do spend one something they hate so much has been replaced by a machine. And for that we are very grateful.

thorax 17y ago
These kind of problems for graphic designers are like software bugs to developers. Now they'll get to spend more of their time "coding features" instead of debugging.
makmanalp 17y ago
That's why I said "so called". Being a graphic designer involves much more than just touching things up in photoshop.

davidedicillo 17y ago

yeah, that saves a lot of time. I'm sure for serious jobs you really need to go back and touch up things, but this is a pretty good first pass.

ThomPete 17y ago
A serious job is a job you get paid for. I can't tell how many times removing that tree or expanding that picture just 50 pixels can mean the world.

hkuo 17y ago

I don't believe any amount of technology will ever remove a human out of a creative task. Technology can offer tools and speed and power, but it is worth nothing without a creative mind to make use of it. I mentioned this in another comment thread, but there was an article about Gary Kasparov discovering that a human supported by a computer can beat both a human or a computer alone. Technology simply makes mundane tasks easier so more energy can be spent on creative possibilities.

endtime 17y ago
>I don't believe any amount of technology will ever remove a human out of a creative task. Technology can offer tools and speed and power, but it is worth nothing without a creative mind to make use of it. This might not be quite what you meant, but if creativity is not a computable function, what do you think it is?
- hkuo 17y ago
  Simple. It's an emotional one. The one thing I doubt a computer could truly achieve. Consider from Star Trek, Data's quest to understand laughter. He could replicate it. He could understand it. But he could never feel it.
  - endtime 17y ago
    Emotions are chemical reactions. I don't know why you think those couldn't be simulated. And Star Trek is fiction. Trying to use its storyline as evidence of anything is, uh, misguided.