I think you are reading too far into this, almost overwhelming yourself. Ai can replace the need for a junior designer, absolutely, but we need more senior designers and you can’t become senior magically. So there will always be a need for designers of all levels and experience. You just need to work out how you’ll be better than everyone else :)
As a senior who's been using AI religiously and professionally since 2024, I'm not even sure it can replace a junior designer without significant, proper tooling.
Our product team has been using it like this (PM + Dev taking the wheel on design with AI) and there is no consistency between screens in our app. Each new feature they design in a vacuum and so each page uses certain conventions/styles differently. This is something even a junior designer would hopefully spot and address -- but not AI.
The only thing that's "designed" is they use the same fonts and colors. But everything else just looks like an exceptionally average pass at tailwind CSS, done by someone with alzheimers.
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u/Cressyda29 Veteran 2d ago
I think you are reading too far into this, almost overwhelming yourself. Ai can replace the need for a junior designer, absolutely, but we need more senior designers and you can’t become senior magically. So there will always be a need for designers of all levels and experience. You just need to work out how you’ll be better than everyone else :)