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Belsky: Adobe data shows AI is increasing creative hiring, not reducing it
“So in our data, we're still seeing this revolution drive hiring more as opposed to reducing the hiring.”
Scott Belsky predicts local LLMs on personal devices will suffice for most
“I think that verticals will be important. I think the LMs will be abundant. And I actually think at some point, maybe relatively soon, we'll realize that some LMs, even locally running LMs on our machines are enough for a lot of the actions that we want to do …”
Belsky: Repetitive design work like banner ad formatting is already replaced by AI
“The job of someone turning squares into rectangles all day for banner ads, that job's been replaced by AI.”
Scott Belsky admits a significant portion of daily Photoshop downloaders get lost
“For all the people that download any of these desktop products like Photoshop every day, the number of people that get lost or can't feel successful in the product is really Significant.”
Belsky: CAI has 2,000 partners, including Nikon, Canon, Sony, and Leica
“We now have 2000 partners, Nikon, Canon, Sony, and Leica have all come out with cameras. They now add counter-credentials to assets by default taking in their camera so that when they come into Photoshop or Lightroom or third-party products of other companies,…”