Graphic Designers

Anonymous (Highly likely) says

Dalle-2, Imagen, etc.

Cristiano Alves (Highly likely) says

There's already some web applications that allow non-designers to produce design related materials. One example is Canva, which is automatizing some low profile works in the Graphic Design field (such as the production of banners, stories, invitations etc.).

infinite lol (Likely) says

This is my personal opinion on this matter. But seriously, robots can really replace this profession (if you create and train them), because they know how to work with a certain program.

MMS says

If developers can escape AI, than designers definitely can.

Alexander Brucki (No chance) says

You need a soul to make art.

Leonardo says

It will certainly replace mediocre designer work, but like music, there are certain aspects of creativity which require human sensibility, things that a machine is capable of replicate only on human input.

Márcio says

I believe that we will not be replaced by robots, because creativity is something very subjective. I believe that AIs will exist to help in our work as designers.

Joris (Highly likely) says

AI can easily determine basic design. Most designers make very basic design.

Carola (No chance) says

AI can't be smart enough to understand graphic designer's client requests :D

Bruno Kreuch (Small chance) says

I believe there is a small chance, but the robots will do the initial work. In graphic design we create new things, but these new things are done through little information we have, the briefing. I believe the robot will be able to do that, create something new through the briefing, and then the designers will just fix some details that didn't fit very well, the famous changes.

Aria they/them please says

no they can't because you need f*ckin' creativity an emo robot can't do that sh*t (sorry not sorry for cussin')

A Graphics Designer says

The only main the difference between a human and robot is creativity. Humans strive for creativity while robots simply lack the intellectual capabilities to be creative.

Creativity is the main aspect of Graphics Designing and I don't believe it can ever be replaced by something non-humans. Sure robots can replicate something at much grander and perfected scale than humans but creating something from mere thought process isn't something which I'd expect from a robot.

moonsungyeon says

I don't think my job will be replaced. Because my job requires creativity, I don't think I can be replaced by a robot. Still, I will try to develop my job by using AI.

Nadya (Highly likely) says

This has already happened. A Russian design studio has developed an AI designer and, for over a year, have been passing it off as a human. To date, the network has been used successfully in over 20 of the studio’s commercial projects. https://www.artlebedev.com/ironov/

Daniel (No chance) says

Highly doubt robots will take over.. Design is subjective and everyone has a different opinion on it, it would be extremely hard to replicate it. Also trends come and go, so it can't just be automated..

Peter (Highly likely) says

The rise of template based websites are the final nail in the coffin for graphic design.

ivan says

Doing a job like this need a lot of creativity and knowledge. This is something a robot can do but it can't be creative because it is programmed to certain things which makes it not creative in any way.

isaac (No chance) says

most (if not all) creative jobs can be replaced by AI, as creativity is a human function that requires gathering inspiration from the world around us, applying the aesthetics to create a functioning design

AnDrew (Highly likely) says

Not only are more people gaining skills like this due to automated services and an increase of simple interfaces, but there was a robot in the news recently who did a job like a human would.

Ben (Could go either way) says

A lot of what graphic designers do could be replaced by AI. We already see this in how much easier it is to design anything (DIY interfaces)

helen (Likely) says

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I think AI will be able to foresee possible designs. It can take a previous design and alter it the way customer likes to. For example there are already some websites that automatically make you a logo when you choose a few criteria. Maybe if you are in your mid forties you'll be safe but for people who are currently in high school, you need to either work in a developing or 3rd world country (which the the salary of someone in the art field is really low) or your job could be possibly taken :(

Lily (Small chance) says

I just don't believe a creative industry can be fully taken over by something not human

Mohammad Raza (Highly likely) says

the current AI GAN models are already very capable, combined with something like GPT3 that understands english and context. Soon, all the designing tasks will be automated easily from logo designing, brochure designing, or even app UI designing.

NeMy (Likely) says

Probably won't be replaced entirely soon, but automation will come quickly with AI, and many process of wireframe & UI will be automated. UX will probably still be needed in every case

Radiant Graphics (Small chance) says

Graphic Design is based on your creativity not some mathematical calculations. It is unique to a person.

charlie (Highly likely) says

online AI sites

sonder (Likely) says

Deep learning has been improving fast to the point that it could transfer styles from an image source to a target image now.

Ramon (Small chance) says

well robots aren't creative, and at the time, they can't, but i still wouldn't dismiss it, because we have seen things like AI and machine learning where computers could create their own pieces.

Kate (Highly likely) says

AI is already generating beautiful imagery. Wix.com uses AI to create the best layouts for websites already. I think this role is under threat.

Anthony (Highly likely) says

Over the last two decades there have been developments into creating "artistic" forms of artificial intelligence. Although these have been somewhat behind human graphic designers, the result needn't be beyond or even equal to that of humans; it merely needs to be good enough.

Furthermore, what's being neglected here is that businesses are being consolidated. Even if a smaller company were to have some outstanding graphics design in their products and this would help them turn a profit, the result would either be getting bought out by a corporate entity or being kept from other necessary resources via less-than-honest means. (For argument's sake, shipping necessary materials to a small shoemaking business in oversized boxes, if they're even still sold)

Even if A.I. doesn't take this job, much fewer people will be able to make a living this way. With the steady creep of consolidation, people will eventually have no choice in what they buy. This is the age of the megafactory; the time where businesses control every aspect of their employees' lives from work to product to consumption to sleep-schedule. There is no need to concern oneself with how a product looks in such an environment and such frivolities can be easily handed to less-than-gifted A.I. if deemed desirable.

I can hardly speak from authority, but I think that (keeping A.I. and all other things in mind) anyone who worries about being an unemployed graphics designer or other such artist is right to be afraid.

Mauricio Franco (Highly likely) says

AI and decision algorithms already deal with image generation that is suited to commercial production work, specially when paired with current market research methodologies that are easily scalable and automatable, like A-B testing.

Karen3 (Likely) says

I was just watching my daughter play Fortnite, and really looking at the graphics, and I asked her if humans or robots had designed the new Christmas theme. She had no idea, so I find myself here. Not being a graphic designer, I shouldn't have a vote that counts, just an opinion.

yeet (Highly likely) says

robots would make the images perfect

Yes (Highly likely) says

Small steps in this direction have been already set, only for it to accelerate at a faster rate: https://algorithms.design/

Nick van Breda (Highly likely) says

as Google is able to let AI make paintings already Graphic design is just an easy task to do for an AI, just blending drawing techniques into outcomes. I don't think that people who are running project-based companies would really need a graphic designer any longer as tools as Canva makes the task so simple and scalable that the Graphic designer of the future is a nichemarket or only part of big corporates that have to deal with IP/scarcity mindset.

Peter K Kristensen (Likely) says

As a designer, most work I do is based on rules and methods which can be feed into an AI.
I don't see them as take over completely, but making the basic design from information they are feed, and then I take over, so I will be more of digital assistant, that will speed up my work.
I will be more productive, and there will be less work for designers, as one designer can do more in shorter time.

Dr Philip Ely (Likely) says

The emergence of artificial intelligence engines in current design production tools is currently benefiting designer workflows. Purely visual designers in the future are likely to see more and more of their work (including design decision-making, origination and production) taken over by AI engines giving non-designers their work. The only saving grace for designers of the future will be that design as we know it will not be distinguished by 'craft' disciplines (e.g. graphic, digital, fashion) but along other lines - for example service designers or social designers. Designers will (hopefully) be taking on more strategic thinking roles, still requiring creativity and intuition but perhaps 'art directing' or 'design process planning' machines to solve human problems.

Stephanie says

Humans sure love to have their process automated and then look on helplessly as they suddenly are out of jobs. Well, I have hope as I am a graphic designer extending my skillset beyond just plain design.

Wary (Highly likely) says

Check out recent developments in neural networks. A large majority of graphic design done is low-level B2C or B2B communications - this can already be automated with designed templates and asset packages. It would be routine to create a ruleset to crank out different design packages with minor input - and thats before you get to any sort of 'artificial intelligence'. Feed a neural network a training set of Fortune 100 company logos in black and white, with words removed, and it can come up with similar abstract shapes that follow certain design ratios with ease.

Jotta Fernandes (Highly likely) says

It's already happening.

earthstorm (Small chance) says

it needs artistic sensitiveness and "knowing the sense of beauty" not only following some "Gestalt" or "Golden ratio" or Typographic rules

Marinella (Small chance) says

We're starting to see automation in design where templates are readily available. Businesses such as Canva have created tools where non-designer folks would no longer need a graphic designer to do the work, but then again there are still designers at Canva designing these said templates, yet jobs are still being replaced.

JN (Could go either way) says

That's life. There's no telling. I'm not going to panic though. I'm part of the 10% of the world talented enough to stay employed and in demand if I so wish.

Anon says

Low chance because they might not be able to show creativity, but they can imitate it and combine different works to make something different.

Davide Pugliese (Likely) says

As other says there are already some AI driven tools.

Graphic designing sometimes needs also stuff like cutting objects from pictures, etc, and now there are tools for this task as well.

There are are also tools that generate palette templates automatically.

This means that lots of the tasks that took a long time due to the fact that decisions were taken "emotionally", until that "Eureka" moment, now are taken by an algorithm that can generate in a short time span many of the color palettes or take other design decisions that would have taken probably a couple of days to us to get to them.

tom (Highly likely) says

there are already commercial graphic design AI, they're not great, but they could come a long way in 20 years

Kyle says

I foresee a situation in that cheaply produced designs and especially layouts can be done through automation, and they will be cheap. The same being produced by a skilled designer will be original, but much more expensive. Therefore, most designs will be produced with automation due to cost, and few will be the product of humans.

Both will exist, but automation will drive all but a few very talented and connected designers out of the business.

Anthony M says

It's entirely possible thanks to the large amount of widely available data. (data being creative works of graphic design individuals). Machine learning algorithms can replicate works of art in a way that will satisfy clients.

Granted, I don't think it will replace 100% of graphic designers. More-so, I think it would be closer to around 50-60%, while the top 50-40% will retain their jobs.

Same thing can be said about programmers and software developers.

David (No chance) says

A computer can't replace human creativity.

Luis Torres (No chance) says

It needs a lot of creativity and being original, something that robots are not really good at.

John (Could go either way) says

I'm a graphic designer. Everything tends to look the same.

Dana says

Subjective matters cannot be automated.

Jonathan Ziegler says

The mainstay of designers, web sites, is largely automated. My other work, photo retouching, is already automating itself!