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Which career path is not ruined by AI? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by underscores@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm kind of sick of being a dev. I hate AI with a passion.

I hate the hallucinations, I hate slop, I hate megacrops, I hate the environmental impacts, I hate the massive costs. I could go on but you get the picture.

At work I often times have to review vibe code slop from people who clock in 9 to 5 and don't give a fuck (I respect that, I just wish your fucking code wasn't slop)

I'm sick of it, I'm sick of hearing about AI tooling or new models or bro agentic actions bro based on your documentation bro.

I want to switch careers, so which career is not ruined by AI?

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[–] Geodes_n_Gems@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be very at risk by AI given AI Art?

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As someone with a degree in the arts, I'm pretty sure that almost all art as a career is under threat from AI. Sure, AI can't match the human experience and expressiveness needed for really great art, but that's not what most artists do to earn a living. And the vast majority of the people who traditionally pay for artists to make stuff for them really don't care at all. Now they can get Grok to fart out a logo or a poster in 15 seconds and not have to talk to an artist, they're all set.

[–] msrb711@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago

w they can get Grok to fart out a logo or a poster in 15 seconds and not have to talk to an artist, they’re all set.

As much as I would like it not to be true, I think that you're right.

Even though the "posters" and "graphics" that AI spits out are just awful/distasteful/etc. those very things are 80% of what people hire graphic designers for. (I know I am one). Most bosses want something NOW! If it looks presentable, it's good enough.

In my opionion AI would hollow out the "entry level" tasks that small to mid-clients hire graphic designers for. What I think would survive are the "big ticket" projects, where human expertise would be hired. But again, those projects are few and far inbetween, and only a handful of designers are able to deliver work on such a high level.