u/vmpgrll

Is AI actually going to replace designers?

I've been thinking about the whole AI vs. designers thing, and there's one part of it that I genuinely don't understand.

Adobe, Canva, Figma, etc. were literally created so that humans could make things. Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Figma, Canva.etc.. all these tools exist because people wanted to create, design, edit, animate, experiment, and basically make stuff look good. but now AI is getting to the point where it can do a lot of that stuff for us. So what happens if, say, 10–20 years from now, AI can do 80–90% of the actual production work that designers, editors and motion designers currently do?

Why would I need Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere, Canva, etc. in the way we use them today? Wouldn't Adobe, Canva, Figma, etc. basically be killing their own market?

Like, obviously they're not going to sit there and let AI destroy their businesses. They're already adding AI into their products. But if AI eventually becomes capable of doing most of what their software currently helps humans do, wouldn't the software itself eventually become less relevant?

I'm asking because I keep seeing people say "AI is going to replace graphic designers" and "AI will replace video editors" etc., but I don't see people talking much about the fact that Adobe, Canva, Figma and all these companies have a massive incentive to keep the creative ecosystem alive.

So I'm curious what people who actually work in design think.

okay so. there are a few things I just cannot stop thinking about and I have no one to go to idk if people will even read this or not but idk ugh.

I'm a 2nd year dropper. not full, partial. i have a college in my city but it's really v bad tier 3 college. initially, 2 years back when I was thinking about cuet and DU I told my father about it and he blatantly told me that he will not let me leave the house because there is no point in going to du fir 3 years a mere ug degree and get nothing out of it and only waste money.( even if the expenses were less he still had a problem. we were also having financial issues).

i tried to fight him , make him understand it's not what he thinks but he didn't listen. so i had to look for another way to leave this place and do something about my career as well. so i found out Abt ipm and i discussed it w my dad and he said he won't mind if it's iim and we'll take a loan and it'll be managed . because ipm has security mba integrated and all , so he thought it was a feasible option. and I was happy there's finally a way for me to leave this shit hole and get a chance to do something I want to.

i was a non math and ipm dates also were gone so I had to take a drop. i took a partial drop. and enrolled in a tier 3 college in my city. that college was never a priority for me and i was like agle saal toh jaana hi hai kya fark padta .. bas paas ho jaati hu.

and seriously 2025. my drop year. worst year of my life. i was isolated away from everyone but looking at their lives from afar ... how good they had it together. if they didn't even have it together at least they had the freedom because they were not living with their parents. my parents are fucking toxic. my dad has to always psychoanalyze every little thing i do. doesn't let me leave the house after 6. always have to be extra critical. never once does he praise me. only criticizes. idk what perfectionist he is what he wants from me . where he wants to see me in my career, and if he doesn't he will completely dismiss it saying people do low level job for low level money pointless blah blah. and wants me to live my his views of life aswell. and me being me. i cannot. I've tried so hard to please him my whole life . i just cannot anymore I'm too angry to even listen to him say another word about me.

anyways all this and then seeing my friends going to clubs every week, going out on birthdays, partying. seriously affected me. i was in a bad state but I didn't let it affect my preparation

i pushed as hard as i can. gave ipm 2025. didn't clear. was left by just a few marks in rohtak and Kozhikode. during jipmat I had a full blown panic attack in the exam center while giving the exam I was too scared . i scored around 250..( gen category) . and my dad wouldn't let me go full any other college said u have to do bba mba only. i was crushed. once again

one of my friends is obc and he scored like 245 or something and got in iim bodhgaya. he didn't even study hard enough . i knew more than him. and mocks I was scoring well . but still. 2025 just wasn't my year

cut to 2026 . i was like it's fine I have endured this much pain I can give it one more year. i got to know I was not eligible for indore. age issues. only jammu. i was like it's fine. I'll take it. if there's even 1% chance things can change in my life. I'll take it.

i studied hard . still am. and I am Scoring well in mocks. i score 315 + but sometimes scores drop coz of my silly mistakes.. but just the point is . I'm too scared. I'm too scared to know that it is after all this shit, if I even get iim jammu is it even worth it ? all my friends are gonna graduate next year.. some are gonna have jobs . and i haven't even started college yet. wow. + the fees . my father says he will manage but idk how. considering he is unemployed. i can't give CAT because my cgpa in this college is very low around 6.7 ..

my mental health is fucked. and I'm too exhausted to even think about any other exam after this. so .just . .ugh idk. what my life is. it makes me so angry to see I have to go through all this shit everyday at home and then also study for exam and my friends are easily getting internships. and jobs. and what not. and i ... who has more potential.. ik i do. I'm just fucked. lol..