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Perfectly happy to be labeled as a grumpy snob, but I'm sad that things like this are going to make our visual world less and less beautiful as we replace human

Perfectly happy to be labeled as a grumpy snob, but I'm sad that things like this are going to make our visual world less and less beautiful as we replace humans--with training and experience and taste--with computer-generated triteness.

kridsdale1 4y ago
This is a modern version of WordArt in MS Office in 1998. Those who would never employ an artist get something passable, and those who want to differentiate from the masses will adopt new styles from talented people.
dagorenouf 4y ago
Seems like the excitement comes from the fact that it's automated, more so than from the actual end-result. None of the logos shown here look visually balanced or well drawn. It will replace mediocre designers but not good ones.
thegabriele 4y ago
Avatar (billions in box office) and papyrus come to mind (classic: https://youtu.be/jVhlJNJopOQ https://youtu.be/jVhlJNJopOQ ). Sometimes the triteness it's just...ok?
jfengel 4y ago
Some of it will replace humans with bad taste. Humans with experience and training are expensive, and we've often substituted our own mediocre work. It will, unfortunately, also take the place of some good designers, usually the ones working for the least money (because they're the ones people don't want to be paying at all). As for the rest... I don't know. I suspect it will mostly level things out. The worst will get better. The median will remain median. The best, hope, will continue to exist, for the people who do indeed have money to spend and want what still can't be automated. As for the people who lose their jobs... that's a problem we've been grappling with for a long time. Thus far things often seem to even out, eventually. Unfortunately. I keep expecting people to start throwing off the whole notion of make work jobs, but that's an even bigger revolution.
bryanrasmussen 4y ago
I sort of think this might be the first step someone uses to make something cool. For example the croissants and cupcakes example, the C in croissants sucks - so I wouldn't do that. The C in cupcakes is ok, but so maybe keep that but make the top cherry on the C cherry red. And relatively quickly you have a better result than just Croissants and Cupcakes although sure - sort of trite still.

kridsdale1 4y ago

This is a modern version of WordArt in MS Office in 1998. Those who would never employ an artist get something passable, and those who want to differentiate from the masses will adopt new styles from talented people.

dagorenouf 4y ago

Seems like the excitement comes from the fact that it's automated, more so than from the actual end-result. None of the logos shown here look visually balanced or well drawn. It will replace mediocre designers but not good ones.

thegabriele 4y ago

Avatar (billions in box office) and papyrus come to mind (classic: https://youtu.be/jVhlJNJopOQ https://youtu.be/jVhlJNJopOQ ). Sometimes the triteness it's just...ok?

jfengel 4y ago

Some of it will replace humans with bad taste. Humans with experience and training are expensive, and we've often substituted our own mediocre work. It will, unfortunately, also take the place of some good designers, usually the ones working for the least money (because they're the ones people don't want to be paying at all). As for the rest... I don't know. I suspect it will mostly level things out. The worst will get better. The median will remain median. The best, hope, will continue to exist, for the people who do indeed have money to spend and want what still can't be automated. As for the people who lose their jobs... that's a problem we've been grappling with for a long time. Thus far things often seem to even out, eventually. Unfortunately. I keep expecting people to start throwing off the whole notion of make work jobs, but that's an even bigger revolution.

bryanrasmussen 4y ago

I sort of think this might be the first step someone uses to make something cool. For example the croissants and cupcakes example, the C in croissants sucks - so I wouldn't do that. The C in cupcakes is ok, but so maybe keep that but make the top cherry on the C cherry red. And relatively quickly you have a better result than just Croissants and Cupcakes although sure - sort of trite still.