CharlesTheBob t1_jahonze wrote
As a designer in both industrial design and UX design, I’ve seen talk in the community expressing everything from fear of being replaced by AI to brushing off AI as a “neat gimmick” (both opinions I think are quite misinformed). IMO, AI is going to be incredibly impactful in this field, and the best thing for designers to do is find out how best to integrate it into their workflow.
My current issue with tools I’ve seen is lack of control. The results seem too unpredictable at this point. Are there any AI tools right now that allow a better degree of intentionality on part of the designer? For example, I’m thinking if an industrial designer wants to sketch a new backpack concept - they draw the general shape/outline of what they want, then feed a moodboard or reference images into the tool, and it spits out versions of a backpack that follow the outline as a guide but with the material and aesthetic from the reference images. Then if they don’t like a specific area, they highlight it and can make specific modifications.
ry007opyt OP t1_jahr9t0 wrote
Great point. It does seem like many people are either quick to dismiss AI tools, or call for banning them (which are sort of opposite views), especially in the art community. And I can see why we might feel threatened, art has been a uniquely human activity and until recently it didn't seem like machines would be able to do it.
Recently, there has been significant progress in the Stable Diffusion community using ControlNet, which allows you to shape the subject however you want. Here's a nice demo of what I'm talking about.
Another very useful tool that increases productivity when generating art is outpainting, which allows you to generate plausible continuations of images. Works reasonably well and of course you decide what to generate.
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