AI Adoption, and the Gradual Fading of Design Idealism
An interesting analysis arguing that what determines AI adoption is not age or IT proficiency, but a "practical sense of reality coming from real-world experience."
Younger means better at AI? NO 🙅♂️**
- Contrary to expectations, veterans with 15 or more years of experience are using AI much more actively.
- On the other hand, resistance is greater among students, academia, and junior designer groups.
'Design idealism' worn down by real-world constraints
- As years accumulate, people experience tight deadlines, revision floods, budget constraints, and so on, and come to prioritize efficiency, consistency, and practical problem-solving over pure artistic perfectionism.
- In the end, the perspective shifts from "AI threatens my creativity" to "Here comes a lifesaving tool that reduces repetitive work."
The center of passion shifts
- Adopting AI does not mean passion has cooled.
- It is closer to shifting the center of gravity of passion away from hand-made repetition and toward higher-level areas such as strategy, conceptual planning, and system design.
Different temperatures depending on the nature of the work
- UX · design systems · documentation: Speed and consistency matter, so the effect of adopting AI is 200%!
- Visual branding · illustration: Original attempts and exploration are key, so the merit of AI efficiency is relatively small.
- *(It is said that the reason online debates for and against AI are so fierce is also because the design fields and purposes each person works in are completely different.)*
