Designers warn: calling AI 'tools' 'skills' blurs craft vs practice
round · x · 2026-09-08
A design-industry observation making the rounds: people are spending more time training their AI with "skills" instead of developing their own abilities. Designer round responds that citing "tools" as though they were "skills" betrays a shrinking distinction between craft and practice in the profession, sparking debate over what counts as skill in the AI era.
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