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-All right, let's get right into it. We're
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-talking about something that is sitting
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-at the absolute heart of being a designer
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-today. It's a choice, a really
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-fundamental choice that frankly, every
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-single one of us has to make now that
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-AI is in the picture. And really, it all
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-comes down to this one question.
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-Seriously, in the age of AI. Are you
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-to be indispensable? This isn't about the
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-work, it's about who you decide to be.
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-See, to really get this, you have to
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-understand that we are at a major turning
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-point. This isn't just some new trend or
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-another tool to learn now. This is a
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-genuine crossroads. And the path you take
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-from here is going to define your entire
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-career. OK, so look at these two paths.
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-On one side, you've got the factory
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-designer. This is probably pretty
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-familiar, right? You get a ticket, you
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-execute on it. You deliver some mockups.
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-It's predictable work. But here's the
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-competing with AI to do. But then
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-there's the other path, the linchpin
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-designer. This person doesn't just
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-replaceable, the other is indispensable.
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-So you might be asking, why is that
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-something called AI slop. We are all
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-here's the part that's kind of tough to
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-hear, but we have to face it. AI is
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-amazing at that factory work. If your job
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-perfectly, and can try 100 different
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-so if competing with AI on production
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-scenario specs. And finally, the design
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-tradeoffs. And then once you've made the
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-Can I really do this? Well, let's look
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-literally today. To learn this entire
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-started couldn't be easier. The entire
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-out. So we're right back where we
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-started. The choice is right in front of
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-gold. Ultimately, the tools and the
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