Artificial intelligence (AI) has expanded rapidly into everyday usage. Though there are helpful applications, the drawbacks of AI become more numerous by the day.
It goes beyond the common concern that AI will take over certain jobs and industries. On March 3, first lady Melania Trump lobbied for a bill to ban revenge pornography, particularly instances created by AI deepfakes.
“Every young person deserves a safe online space to express themself freely, without the looming threat of exploitation or harm,” she said according to AP News.
While this is a more extreme example of AI’s expansion, it signifies an unavoidable truth: AI is here to stay, and its capabilities will only grow from here.
For modern college students, especially in creative industries, AI’s expansion may bode ill. An article from Built In listed “10 jobs AI will replace” in the next few years.
According to the article, the jobs include customer service representative, computer programmer, paralegal, financial trader, travel advisor, content writer, and graphic designer, among others.
But some take a more optimistic view. Ava Hellmuth, a senior graphic design major at Benedictine College, is one of them.
“I mean, I don’t think that it’ll affect my job necessarily,” Hellmuth said. “While AI can do some things, every project needs to have that personal touch. You need a connection with somebody to truly understand what they want in a design. And I don’t think AI can achieve that.”
According to Hellmuth, certain AI applications can be useful.
“I do think there are some good things about AI when it comes to design, because it is good with creating certain assets that you use, like patterns and stuff,” Hellmuth said.
She also spoke to the purely entertaining applications of AI.
“And in Photoshop, you can remove the background of your original picture make it some outlandish thing, so that sometimes is fun. But I wouldn’t use that to make a profit, just personally for enjoyment.”
Despite the potential for AI to encroach upon graphic design, and many other creative and digitally based industries, Hellmuth declared: “I don’t think the robots are going to come and take our jobs.”
