the 5 stages of ai grief
since Claude Design launched, designers are grappling with the same existential recoil as when engineers first saw ai could code. the process maps to the stages of grief.
1. denial.
"but design is more than just producing designs." engineers said the same thing. "coding is more than just writing code." both true.
2. anger.
look how bad the output is. look at the people shipping slop. look at the execs who don't understand what we actually do.
3. bargaining.
it's just a tool. i'll use it for the boring parts and focus on the strategic work. the craft is safe if i stay in charge of it.
4. depression.
i can't believe i used to do all of this by hand. all those hours. all that time.
5. acceptance.
i understand the nuance better than ever. i'm still the architect. and now i can actually build the thing.
as a software engineer and designer of 25+ years, i've watched this cycle from both sides. the designers grieving now are where engineers were 18 months ago.
when our core competency is threatened, we’re quick to defend what’s unique about it, romanticize it, and dig our heels in. what follow is a process of assimilation.
i believe designers will eventually see Figma as an awfully archaic and cumbersome way to explore ideas. most designs already become interactive prototypes, so we'll just get there faster. much faster.
in the end, taste and judgment is still what remains. creating successful work ultimately breaks down to a series of choices that add up to net value creation.
those who win will continue to be involved in the most important choice-making, with a keen ability to discern between what choices are important for the human to make.
think slow, move fast.
@velovelovelo__ I can see it now… if IDT beats Remco, it will unleash a fury of excuses and blame-throwing from Remco, the likes of which we can barely imagine.
Quién es el imbécil que está hablando como Samy el de Derbez en la transmisión de TUDN?, no sabe hablar, apenas puede articular frases. No se le entiende.
@TUDNMEX que pena que en una final contraten a alguien así.
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@TourDeRomandie what happened with the broadcast? Or is it @flobikes ? Stream seems to be on but screen is just completely black with Flo logo on top right corner