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The camera didn't replace the painter — it created entirely new forms of visual communication. Photography freed painters to explore abstraction, emotion, and conceptual art. AI won't replace your craft; it will free you to explore what only humans can do.
The designers who will thrive aren't the ones who know AI best — they're the ones who ask the best questions OF AI, FOR customers. You already know how to ask great questions. Now you're learning to ask them at scale.
Write down your biggest fear about AI in your design practice. Now, as a team, reframe that fear as an opportunity. What new capability does this fear point to?
AI is not a replacement for thinking — it's an amplifier for thinking. A microphone doesn't sing for you. A telescope doesn't see for you. AI doesn't design for you. It amplifies the questions you ask and the patterns you notice.
Use this prompt to see your own role through a new lens.
"I'm a [your role] with [X] years of experience. Describe 5 ways AI could amplify my existing expertise rather than replace it. For each, give a specific example of how my human judgment remains essential."
Imagine it's 2030. AI tools are as common as Figma is today. Write a 3-sentence "day in the life" of a designer in your craft. What does your role look like? Share with the group.
AI excels at: Pattern recognition, volume processing, alternative perspectives. Humans excel at: Judgment, empathy, contextual nuance, ethical decision-making. TOGETHER: Deeper customer understanding than either alone.
List 10 tasks you do in a typical week. Mark each as: (H) Only humans can do this well, (A) AI could do this faster, (B) Best done together. Discuss: What surprised you?
Use AI to find historical parallels to the current moment.
"What are 5 historical examples of creative professionals who feared a new technology would replace them, but instead it expanded their field? For each, explain what new roles or capabilities emerged."
For the next 5 minutes, argue the OPPOSITE of your actual belief about AI in design. If you're skeptical, argue it's transformative. If you're enthusiastic, argue it's overhyped. What did you learn?
When photography emerged, Bauhaus designers feared illustration was dead. Instead, they invented graphic design, photomontage, and visual communication as we know it. Every tool that threatens the old creates the new.
Identify ONE specific task you'll do next Monday. Plan how you'd do it without AI, then with AI. What's the difference in time? Quality? Insight? Commit to trying the AI version.