The art of sketching in the age of AI

Up until what seems like about a week ago, evaluating an industrial designer's portfolio was a fairly straightforward affair.  The ability to communicate nuance of form with a sketch was a fundamental element of a designer's skill set.  Now, with the explosion of AI tools that will 'sketch' for you, things have gotten...complicated. 

I'm not judging, we just need to talk about the role drawing ability plays in the evaluation of a designer - as in, should it? 

By removing barriers of drawing talent and technique, does focus simply move more to the integrity of the concept - as perhaps it should?  Is this redefining what it means to be a designer?

I'll relate a music analogy. As a house music dj I've spent spent years perfecting the art of manually beat matching vinyl on turntables.  Now my 11-year old could perfectly align any songs with free software and a mouse click.  While I might lament the art of the turntable going the way of drafting with a t-square, does it ultimately matter to the listener? 

Truth be told, if so inclined, my 11-year old could digitally experiment with 10 different mixes in the time it'd take me to manually explore one, so could it be argued that if the end result is just as rich to the listener, has the art form in fact been better served through such technology?

(Yeah, but still...you can pry my Technics from my cold, dead hands.) 

Bringing it back to design, is it self-serving to suggest that years spent studying shading and highlights, first with markers and then Wacom tablets, help develop an expertise for subtleties of form that those who don't draw may never achieve?

Or is that preposterous - am I just a jaded Gen-Xer trying to make myself feel better with my old-school techniques?  (*shakes fist at cloud)

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