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Previous Issues
- The best genAI image generator is about to break free of its Discord jail
20 September 2023 | Issue #15 $200,000,000 annual revenue 14,800,000 users 40 employees $0 from investors These are the current Midjourney stats. And it hasn't hit web browsers yet! How many people do you know that use Discord? Not many, right? According to Influencer Marketing Hub, Discord has just under 200m monthly active users globally. The average age of a Discord user is 16. They are predominantly younger due to the site's initial growth in the gamer market. Because of its original...Read more - Adobe vs. GenAI: The Battle for the Future of Design
13 September 2023 | Issue #14 If you've been watching TV lately, you might have noticed Adobe Photoshop is back in the advertising game. Yes, the brand that has become synonymous with image manipulation is reminding us all of its capabilities. But why now? Adobe is acutely aware of the seismic shifts happening in the design world. Generative AI technologies are democratizing design, enabling virtually anyone to create graphics without the traditional barriers of a formal education or years of...Read more
- Balancing Act: The Pros and Cons of AI in Our Professional Lives
6 September 2023 | Issue #13 In a recent interview with CNBC, Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, explores the seismic shifts that artificial intelligence could bring to the job market, particularly affecting middle-class workers. Reich predicts that AI will introduce a "spot auction market" for labor, a real-time bidding system where the price for labor is determined by immediate supply and demand. This would make income and job security highly unpredictable, as employers and digital...Read more
- Graphic designers, do you have your escape plan in place?
30 August 2023 | Issue #12 Some companies value design. And other companies don't. We've discussed how to show the value of design in previous issues. This week I dig into why it's important to find a company that values design. More important than that, I explore ways to discover which companies value what you have to offer. I'd love for you to read the article and let me know what you think. NEWS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARKETING, DESIGN, & AI 🤖 The Automation Revolution: Efficiency in the...Read more
- AI will eliminate 83M jobs over the next five years! 🤯
23 August 2023 | Issue #11 For those of us of a certain age, we remember life before the Internet. It may be hard to remember, but the actual integration of the web into our every day lives took a while to complete. I got my first school email address in 1995, even though I was using an internal messaging system a few years befoe that. The time between my first email address and my first personal email address was almost four years. I'm telling you, it took a while before the need and...Read more
- The AI revolution is about to crash into the global economy
18 August 2023 | Issue #10 Business Insider recently released an article that sounds like it could have appeared on the After Design blog. It talks about the impact that AI will have on jobs. I summarized it in today's blog post. NEWS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARKETING, DESIGN, & AI Generative AI use Will Continue Its Climb Across All Age Groups More than 100 million people in the US will use generative AI next year More than 52% of Gen Z and Millennials will be monthly users More than 100...Read more