The first half of class is midterm presentations. You have five minutes, and the point is to show us your decisions more than the finished piece. Show the work in the first 30 seconds, then walk us through two decisions: one that AI made easier and one you had to make yourself. Show one thing you threw away and tell us why. End with one thing AI could never have done for this project, then take questions.
After the break we talk about labor. We start with what the data shows so far: most of the loss is hiring that slowed down, and it is landing hardest on people at the start of their careers, designers included. Then we look at how earlier tools like photography and desktop publishing ended some jobs and created others, and who actually got the new ones. We finish with the idea that AI could pay everyone back, including the two plans Anthropic and Elon Musk announced last week, and an open conversation about whether you would take the check.
In Class
Present your midterm. Then look back at your project as a small labor study: what did AI speed up, and where did the time you saved go?
Homework
- Revise your midterm using the feedback you got in class today.
- Come to class next week with at least one question for our guest speaker, Trevor Crafts. He is a producer and the CEO of Macrocosm Entertainment, and he uses generative AI for film and television.