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    Lenny Rachitsky on AI as World-Class Designer

    Newsletter creator shares process for unlocking creativity in AI design models.

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    Lenny Rachitsky posted that he had always thought AI was terrible at design until reading a post by @anshuc. He realized models are capable of amazing creativity that gets stifled because LLMs are trained to be next-token predictors. The linked article, titled How to turn your AI into a world-class designer, presents an end-to-end process for tapping into that capability. The post includes an attachment showing a 6.6-second video animation of the approach on a smartphone.

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    Many accounts praised the newsletter on AI design techniques as practical, smart, and brilliant for unique results, while others dismissed the outputs as AI slop or the method as stupid.

    Based on 82 sentiment-bearing replies from 74 accounts across 4 conversations.

    Summary

    Many accounts praised the newsletter on AI design techniques as practical, smart, and brilliant for unique results, while others dismissed the outputs as AI slop or the method as stupid.

    Based on 82 sentiment-bearing replies from 74 accounts across 4 conversations.

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    12 Sources

    @lennysanI'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://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-turn-your-ai-into-a-world P.S. This design was made by AI 👇
    @drewdilMust read. First post on AI design to actually impressed my co-founder.
    @sarthakghBe “riskier, bolder, opinionated” is generally a very good prompt to get more interesting results!
    @wpI can confirm this actually works!? For divergent design explorations
    @AustenLol they’re making AI models become a schizophrenic conspiracy theorist to trick it into creating unique designs
    @HamelHusain@lennysan @anshuc Its my fav one so far, super actionable advice & techniques I haven't seen elsewhere

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    @lennysanI'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://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-turn-your-ai-into-a-world P.S. This design was made by AI 👇
    @drewdilMust read. First post on AI design to actually impressed my co-founder.
    @sarthakghBe “riskier, bolder, opinionated” is generally a very good prompt to get more interesting results!
    @wpI can confirm this actually works!? For divergent design explorations
    @AustenLol they’re making AI models become a schizophrenic conspiracy theorist to trick it into creating unique designs
    @HamelHusain@lennysan @anshuc Its my fav one so far, super actionable advice & techniques I haven't seen elsewhere