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-If you're a designer, you've probably
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-every time you see a new AI tool that can
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-yours. But what if that anxiety is
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-actually a signal not that you're
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-becoming obsolete, but that your role is
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-about to become more important than ever
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-before? In this explainer, we're going to
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-absolutely indispensable. This is the
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-question, right? It's on every designer's
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-mind, and it's a totally valid fear. I
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-mean, we see AI generating entire
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-a text prompt, and it's so easy to
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-in now? But what if we're asking the
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-wrong question?Entirely. The marketing
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-genius Seth Godin dropped this incredible
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-that the real value isn't just in
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-doing tasks, it's in walking into total
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-chaos and creating order. And man, that
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-one idea just flips the whole
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-conversation about AI on its head. So
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-this brings us to a fundamental choice.
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-AI is already here, it's already changing
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-the game. The real question isn't if
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-Golden lays out 2 completely different
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-follows instructions creates. Predictable
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-scary good at that. But then there's the
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-other path, the indispensable linchpin.
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-This is the person who doesn't just
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-follow the map. They draw the map, they
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-genuinely care. OK, so this whole factory
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-versus lynchpin idea. Sounds great in a
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-Let's dig in. The heart of lynchpin work,
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-according to Godin, is something he calls
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-emotional labor. Now, this isn't about
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-often invisible work of empathy. It's
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-outcome. So what is emotional labor for a
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-designer? It's user centric creativity.
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-That's it. It's taking that genuine care
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-know an AI can generate 1000 layouts but
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-And this, this is where we get to the
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-good stuff. Your true value isn't your
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-Now it really all comes down to one
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-The only way forward is to start
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-Here are a few simple first steps. Get
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