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I'd always thought AI was terrible at design, but after reading today's 🀯 post by @anshuc, I realized I was just doing it wrong. "AI models are capable of amazing creativity, but that creativity gets stifled. LLMs are trained to be next-token predictors: they look at a sequence of text and predict what typically comes next. Great design is exactly the opposite of this. Great design bends the rules and delights users with memorable, unexpected choices." @anshuc led design and engineering teams at Apple for 12 years. In his words: "Most people only see 1% of AI's creative potential. I want to show you how to tap into the other 99%." His 8 techniques for breaking out of the 1%: 1. Use seed strings to inject variety 2. Be much more ambitious with your prompts 3. Create positive feedback loops with subagents 4. Use image generation to enrich designs 5. Use video generation 6. Cut out elements that don’t add value 7. Remove AI tells 8. Rewrite copy by hand Read the post here: https://t.co/OEnvr1Z1LK P.S. This design was made by AI πŸ‘‡

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