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AI and the future of design: Will machines take your job?

A good article series by Rob Girling from Artefact. He looks at skills that can be automated and tries to predict the future of design as s profession.

Where machines could replace humans — and where they can’t (yet)

McKinsey analyzed 800 jobs to find how easily they can be automated. Lots of interesting insights. Here's a website to check your job. It started to happen with creative jobs in 2023 (see examples: IBM, Axel Springer, Bluefocus Intelligent Communications Group Co.).

Giles Colborne on AI

Advice to designers about how to continue being useful in this new era and how to use various data sources to build and teach algorithms. The only element of classic UX design in Spotify’s Discover Weekly feature is the track list, whereas the distinctive work is done by a recommendation system that fills this design template with valuable music.

Airbnb Smart Pricing

The team learned how to answer the question, “What will the booked price of a listing be on any given day in the future?” so that its hosts could set competitive prices.

Microsoft Animation Autocomplete

An experimental tool for autocompleting illustrations and animations. Shadow Draw is a similar concept.

Guardian Headliner

An experiment with BERG design studio to highlight eyes in a photo to emphasize emotion.

2023