After hearing Prof. Neil’s talk, I’m both excited for and wary of artificial intelligence. It has the potential to make the design process more efficient. People see the addition of AI as a natural step forward in technology, one that will lead to more creative designs. It makes the act of performing menial and laborious tasks obsolete, and people can focus more on creative tasks.
However, I’m also worried about what might happen when AI gets smart enough to also take care of creative tasks. It worries me to think that AI could one day replace human designers. I think the biggest question that will need to be answered in the next few years is the following: How do we balance the efficiency and innovation brought by AI in design with the preservation of human creativity and the unique value of human designers in the design process?