320: The struggle with staying up-to-date with new design tools
Femke and Charli discuss strategies for staying up-to-date with the latest AI tools and integrating them into your workflow.
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Show Notes
Femke and Charli discuss the challenges of staying up-to-date with AI tools, the importance of developing horizontal skills rather than just tool-specific knowledge, integrating AI into your workflow, the financial and environmental impacts of AI and strategies for keeping up with rapid advancements in the tech field.
01:11 Episode introduction
01:53 Catch-up
05:16 How the episode came about: Charli shares a story from her workplace about integrating AI into their processes
10:17 Challenges in staying up-to-date with AI and design tools
14:01 Is tool-specific knowledge important? The value of learning horizontal skills versus tool-specific skills
16:00 Building AI workflows and exploring what’s possible with AI
17:51 Financial costs of using AI
23:23 Environmental impact of AI
24:58 Goals for keeping up with the rapid pace of AI development
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