Hale: AI image generation replaces costly, hard-to-delegate graphic design
Joshua Hale · ChatGPT Found His Hidden Negative Loops. It Shook Him for 2 Days · May 9, 2025 · at 15:32
Joshua Hale, founder of JH Media and Consulting, discusses with Sean Weisbrot how new AI image generation models allow solopreneurs to execute custom visual branding without hiring designers.
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“All because of this new image generation that you get to like tell this story in such fine degree that, you know, was very expensive beforehand. Never could really, you know, communicate that to another designer. Now I'm just, you know, cranking out images until, until it hits right.”
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