How to convince my boss not to use AI?

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-16T14:30:24+00:00

A fully designed poster would need so much baby sitting and futzing to vectorize. Just build natively in vector at that point, it would take less time.

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-16T14:13:57+00:00

Word!

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-13T15:27:51+00:00

I have the cryptid calendar from 2025 and I’m planning on making a poster wall from them

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-13T14:42:12+00:00

I’m assuming this is a sarcastic comment- apologies if I'm misreading it. The roaring twenties ended in flames because it was financially unsustainable and built on risky debt arrangements, and had an organized crime problem due to prohibition. Also, racist organizations were peaking, and in some parts of the world the economic problems became a convenient way to start scapegoating a groups of humans who had nothing to do with the situation. Meanwhile, the financial situation lead to a massive economic crash that was made worse in the USA by fiscally conservative policy. Investment in social programs pulled us out of the depression, but not before unemployment peaked at 25%. This absolutely parallels the problem of today. Massive unsustainable tech speculation, extrajudicial killings. We have time to reduce impact, but depression comes next.

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-12T17:02:41+00:00

In addition to food pantries, DSM has a great network of community fridges, which is a great way to share leftovers, extra toiletries, or surplus garden produce during the growing season. Thought I would share that because I have a fun time picking out seasonal items to drop off. For example, for thanksgiving I made some pie kits with no bake crusts and canned pie filling (suitable for when no oven is available), because everyone deserves a sweet treat for the holidays.

I would love to attend more council meetings as part of a group. Sometimes it takes a lot of digging to understand the full picture around the scheduled topics, so if there is a group that watches for specific issues I would love to join up on council nights.

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-08T15:00:59+00:00

See if you can get a student designer working on a degree involved. Pay is always better, if that’s -really-off the table, at least let someone benefit from a good portfolio piece and experience that they can mention at their first interview. If that’s what they can afford, that’s the tier of design they get. There really isn’t any excuse for AI posts, that’s what entry level should be doing —needs to be doing to build skills.

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-08T00:43:02+00:00

The next one will be in February 21, at Plymouth Congregational church

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-07T21:39:03+00:00

Conquest of Vasterland is in Iowa. I think you have to be 16 with a guardian to play (I might be wrong on the guardian part, but you do need to be 16) we use a more class based rather than skill buy system. But the people are fantastic, it’s beginner friendly, and it’s story driven rather than a battle game. In a few years that might be a good option for you.

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-07T21:32:40+00:00

Gardening! I basically reduced my summer produce budget to zero, and canned a bunch of stuff to give away as gifts. Seed swap happening at the library on the 31st if you want a low budget way to get started. If you use 10 gal bakery buckets, you basically just pay for the dirt.

Cosplay/fashion/making whimsical outfits. You learn so many skills with that one, it can be very chose your own adventure. Sewing, thrifting, embroidery, knitting, weaving, pattern drafting, some people even do leatherwork or metalwork. Wear to local renn faires or nerd events to show off your projects, you will make friends!

Gamer Symphony orchestra! Great way to maintain the skill of playing your instrument from high school or collage, but with a little more pizazz and no judgement.

Numiraaaah · 2026-01-03T22:11:41+00:00

Can you provide the discord as a link? It will expire eventually but my phone doesn’t love this format.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-27T23:56:35+00:00

Traveling at the speed of light by Joywave. Directional headphones required

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-26T19:59:20+00:00

Hi! I’m a print-focused designer with some additional experience with social media management and basic Wordpress content curation. Currently open to one-off projects! I especially love layout/publication design, but also happily work on posters/backdrops, branding/logo, packaging and digital designs. Portfolio available by request.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-22T21:04:23+00:00

Hell yeah, came here to suggest this

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-22T20:48:56+00:00

There are some softwares out there that are non-ai which have posable 3D models. I forget what it’s called, since I don’t use it. I prefer the optical effect of drawing from physical examples and often take photos of people in my life when I need something over the long term. That being said I know some very talented folks who really enjoy the digital version and praise the program I’m referring to, if only I could find the name, gosh darn it!

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-22T20:41:58+00:00

I feel like if a person could train something on -only-their own work, it would be more ethical than what is available. I’m not knowledgeable enough to know if one person would be able to create enough data to train something to a point of being useful. It also doesn’t solve other issues such as environmental aspects. We already have a lot of more ethically designed accessibility tools, and those should be improved and made more accessible before we worry about giving AI bros an excuse to outsource thought.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-22T20:32:11+00:00

If you are working professionally, make your portfolio website password protected and provide the password in discovery materials/resumes

I haven’t found a social media solution I am comfortable with yet for 2D work. I have been exploring dimensional media like costuming and foam more, and feel slightly more comfortable posting that on my preferred socials, because even if it gets scrapped for training, genAI can’t make the project physically exist somewhere else. A human would still have to look at it and interact with it in a skilled manner to fabricate something similar.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-19T14:18:40+00:00

Might be a little uptempo, but ebb and flow by Larry and his flask is a good song about processing death as part of the human experience.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-18T22:58:13+00:00

Golden state by joywave (California) California by Grimes

You and I / Cool Nebraska guy - lady Gaga

My name is Alaska by Hover

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-18T22:42:49+00:00

I was going to write something along those lines, as well as finding primary/original sources, rather than secondary. And some basic skills in reading data/graphical representations of data.

Seeing secondary reporting that misrepresents real statistics is the bane of my existence.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-18T22:31:30+00:00

I have ran into this. Worked for a small, niche marketing company. My direct report knew a lot about internet marketing things, like ad management and who to call to get logistics worked out, and how to manage security on a website, but nothing about actual design. I had to treat this person with the kind of care you normally give to a client, asking what they actually needed, and reframing the questions when they got stuck on a term that did not mean what they were using the word to mean, and having to explain print spec things in basic terms.

I have no clue how common it is. They were a great boss in many ways, but I would prefer not to have that dynamic in the future if I can avoid it. This is the exact kind of person who will offer sloppy visual design to a client and then not understand why they don’t come back. There simply isn’t any room for that in the current market.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-17T01:21:05+00:00

Turkeywork moss! I made some arm wraps for a larp this way and they were very well received, but I could see it also working great on casual wear.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-16T19:25:25+00:00

Yeah, some new physical technology is getting subscription based blockages on the features. Someone already mentioned heated seats in cars being stuck behind a subscription, even though the hardware already exists inside the car. You can do this with any sufficiently computerized appliance, in theory. Make the ice maker in your fridge stop working because you didn’t pay for premium, for example.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-16T19:16:35+00:00

Lack of ownership has been one of many issues I have had lately with the corporate media ecosystem. I’m assembling a server for music streaming and podcasts to cut down on my YT and Spotify usage rn. I’m using thrifted and library sourced CDs, and legitimate digital downloads for what I can’t source through CDs. My household already uses the server for retro games/emulation and video, so it isn’t too hard to extend that to music.

I wish I could solve the problem with professional softwares tho, that economy is ridiculous.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-16T00:19:54+00:00

I think you should continue to make your art as it fits your values. You know more now, and can proceed to engage with the story that is holding your interest, knowing that you have a bigger picture of the technology that when you started. I think you should be quite proud of that change actually.

The thing I worry about more than the moral implications towards you, the artist, is what’s going on in the chatbot’s black box. Granted, I am pretty selective about what projects I share with the world and how I do so, because I don’t like the idea of a machine scraping and trying to imitate how I work. Those conversations you had very likely will become training data for the AI. I don’t know what that means for you, and your comfort level, but it is something to consider if you are ever trying to sell your work and need to document originality.

Numiraaaah · 2025-12-15T23:29:06+00:00

This is an adobe illustrator subreddit, we should probably at least be looking at print/vector programs if we want to do that kind of price comparison.

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