Adobe Tools Can Now Be Run by AI, but the Value of Professionals Rises
ASCII.jp columnist Atsushi Ishikawa writes that AI has become more practical over the past year, producing documents, illustrations, and video at visibly better quality.
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Why it matters
The column's claim is that AI operation of Adobe's tools does not remove the people who use them, which cuts against the prediction that subscription software and the designers who depend on it are the first to go.
Key Facts
- The column says AI output quality for documents, illustrations, and video has clearly improved over the past year.
- The column cites predictions of a "death of SaaS" as AI takes over software operation.
- Adobe is described as long dominant in design, photography, and video.
- The column argues the value of professionals rises rather than falls.
Talk of the "death of SaaS" has followed, with subscription software feared to be the first casualty. Adobe, long dominant in design, photography, and video, was expected to be hit first, and the column argues the value of professionals is rising instead.
The column opens on a year of AI that has felt more practical, with output quality in documents, illustrations, and video clearly improved. From there it turns to the "death of SaaS" talk: users have paid monthly fees to operate software and produce deliverables, and AI is expected by some to end that arrangement. Adobe, strong in design, photography, and video, was feared to be the first to be driven out, and the people who work with its tools were said to face unemployment risk. Ishikawa's answer is that professional value rises even as AI takes over operation.
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