"The answer, from nearly everyone I asked, was consistent: two tools, Flash and Dreamweaver, that's where you start. So I learned both, spent weeks building my first portfolio site in Flash, animated navigation, particle effects on hover, a loading screen with a custom sound, and was proud of it in the specific way you're proud of something that took real skill to make, something you had to teach yourself from scratch."
"Then the iPhone came out, and then, slowly, the portfolio I had worked so hard to build became something I had to explain away in client meetings. Right now, a version of that feeling is spreading across the design industry. The conversations on Twitter, LinkedIn, Slack groups, and design conference stages all circle the same anxious question: is AI the end of us?"
A designer transitioned from graphic design to web design, learned Flash and Dreamweaver, and built an elaborate Flash portfolio. The arrival of the iPhone rendered that portfolio obsolete and required explaining its features in client meetings. A comparable feeling of professional obsolescence is spreading across the design industry as AI capabilities advance. Conversations across social platforms converge on the anxious question of whether AI will end designers' roles. The discourse polarizes into opposing camps, creating tension between fear of displacement and the necessity of adaptation and skill reinvention.
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