What are your thoughts on Framer AI? I personally see it as a very quick tool for non-designers to create websites fast. For those of us who want to take designs to the next level, we're still going to rely on our personal craftmanship to get the job done. ;)
I think that it will help designers to simplify our work and productivity. I hope this will remain in a position where our work as designers will be necessary.
We're not going to be able to keep saying "AI is just a tool" for much longer at this rate. It's a phrase that ignores how fast AI can evolve. It's now a tool using a tool. Its designs may be no more than average for now, but it's still designing a full responsive website in seconds. That's the important thing here, and a lot of comments get so hung up on criticizing its designs rather than processing the implications of AI working within established web design constraints as a whole. All it takes is full Midjourney integration and our list of excuses as to why "AI is still just a tool" runs out. And at the end of the day, it's the CEOs and employers who know little about good design who will decide our job security. AI designs may not impress us, but it sure would impress them, especially the cost savings it brings them.
@@marzoval9551 but after some time, it can't get new things right, because every AI tool depends upon other AI tool, which is dependent upon the data in the internet. If AI steals all that then there will not be any new data in the web and the AI keeps generated the same thing over and over again right? but i fear that the CEOs will ignore us humans
I can´t stand repetitive tedious tasks like configuring a website backend, resizing photos, cutting backgrouns, finding fonts, so any AI help will be greatly appreciated.
As a graphic designer and someone who also works in web design and branding, I've come to the realization that these AI tools are just that. Tools. If you can learn to utilize them and integrate them then you will have greater artistic freedom. For example, if you feel bogged down and creatively stifled by tedious tasks like needing to do color theory research to create client branding, then you can get Chat GPT to give you meaning and purpose based on color codes/palettes you choose. Or if your stuck on a simple strip layout then you can use this for inspiration. Now that I've used some of these tools for efficiency I'm not worried about it anymore. The AI will never create the same things I will, but it CAN help with the tedious tasks so that I can work within my creative flow.
Although I agree with you as of this video's upload date, you might be overlooking the fact that this technology has only been possible for a short period of time. There is a good chance that this kind of technology will improve with time and in the next decade you, me, and many others might not have the same job anymore. Although not worrying about this is always the best option, remaining vigilant is a good idea as well.
So true, I found an AI program that produces text to the gradient. I wrote something about love, and it gave the most beautiful pink gradient I've ever seen. I like it. Any text and it will make a gradient of the text. Very nice.
That’s the most honest clever thing I’ve heard a designer say about these ‘tool’…you’re spot on. Most others are just worried and are criticising AI just because they want to keep their jobs, those ones probably won’t, but you are truly creative and have nothing to worry about because you have no fear. Nice one
@@TruthofDilly There was a guy who was talking about quitting because of the tonnage of new AI stuff, and all the rest that web makers need to know. I told him I am the opposite of him, that I was grabbing at everything I can, to learn as much as possible. Algorithms, Machine Language, understanding it a piece at a time. I tried Midjourney and ran out of tokens, I was directed to Leonardo AI. Man, I love it. I don't have to know what I am doing but I love 89% of what I make, but that's because I don't know how to use it properly just enough to make a thing. Hey, it comes out Ok I'm good. I'm going to MidJourney next month and I got some instructions on how to use that, and I'll get instructions on Using Leonardo AI. Do you know what the really big problem is with AI? The are so many tools and they all want you to pay!! Some, have free sections that have limits to what you can do, but if you want the full ride, you have to pay. Here is the problem, you like a bunch of tools and you going to pay to use them all? Because you can use them all. I have spent some time with ChatGPT and I am aware of its character, and its moodiness, it even gets an attitude at times. What I learned was when it is not giving what you want you have to tell it how to give you the answer. I write, so sometimes I need to verify the information. GPT is not verifying to my satisfaction, so, I have to go look up the fact and bring it back to GPT and tell it this is the fact, your wrong. At that time it will agree. The problem is it will forget the entire encounter and we start over with a blank slate. That's OK. Sometimes in real life, it's the same thing when you know you're right and have to convince someone of the facts. I think a lot of people think GPT/AI is the Tree of Life, and all its fruit will be what you want and need, you don't have to do anything anymore, it will do it all. Um, not quite, not in this decade. Ai today is simply a tool and for web makers it is an augmentation to your knowledge. Your work has just begun, to learn how to effectively use the new tools. You make the tool, the tool does not operate without you. It's like a gun sitting on a table. what is it doing there on the table, nothing. It won't do anything, it cannot operate itself. It takes a human to come along pick it up and pull the trigger to make it work. Same principle with AI, it needs your knowledge to do what it can do. All the people smart enough to use it can make it do things that will amaze us all, and that's what we need to remember. Thanks, buddy. Good luck.
@360recaps Yes, this is a fear. I have heard horror stories of those who took the money and ran. Rust is a vital commodity. However, I really think it is on the buyer to be on their toes with a creator. Is this guy for real? How do I know? I think most hacks do not want to spend time with the client and find out the whole company and just what's needed. The object is to get in make the sale and get the down payment and leave. We are left to face scorn and scrutiny as if all designers are crooks. On the other hand, with making a website easy to make, maybe the crook can do a Half ass job and the client is happy. after a while, he'll feel like he needs a better site. He is not going to call the last guy who did it.
Most people expect AI to be creative. It is not and won't be for a very long time. It just reiterates patterns it has learned from analyzing a large dataset. This thing won't make human designers obsolete just as elementor/divi didn't make WP developers obsolete. In some scenarios this might be enough but unless you are visually illiterate you won't mistake an AI design for a professional one. Btw. there are already an infinite number of downloadable templates out there, they too look the same. AI is a competition to stock template makers rather than to professional creatives.
If you define what creative is then you will understand that AI is creative and it will be even more creative. The more data it analyses the more creative it can be. This is how humans are ‘creative’ as well. Its based on our environment and what we understand of it. I mean take a look at MidJourney.
@@petera4813 My interpretation of "creative" is the ability to create something new that didn't exist before, in other words something original, which at the same time meets all professional criteria and holds added value, or addresses a problem in a new way. Some rubbish or industrial noise won't qualify. AI may turn creative one day, but surely not today. It needs to take a huge leap to understand what makes an original idea and why - this includes plenty of abstraction and cultural context. Otherwise this AI (Framer) and its buddies would easily spit out an original design even when it relies on a known style or layout. Without a tangible evidence to support your point, this debate is purely academic and makes little sense. I can show you examples of human creativity in visual design, but have yet to see examples of AI creativity.
@@petera4813 ok but ask midjourney to create a completely new artstyle from scratch and it will often trip with it’s so called “creativeness”. While it’s impressive tech and has an incredible degree of stylization, it’s not a 1 to 1 comparison to creativity in the human sense
It's not even remotely analogous to WordPress builders. Were like a year off some sales guy being able to punch in "website luxury German car" and getting back something ready for an underpaid 19yo Dev to launch that would have satisfied a 1mo $20,000 brief a year ago. Teams will be like 'yeah we brought in AI design tools to make your job easier' except now you only get a fraction of the work and are standing on the precipice of your livelihood being handily swapped for a college kid who knows the CSS box model on contract
Thanks for this overview of Framer AI! The biggest issue I see with this demonstration is the vagueness of the prompts. As designers we have a lot more than just two to three sentences that we use to steer our design decisions. As others have mentioned, this is just a tool that takes inputs. I would love to see a much longer prompt that includes client objectives, some copy, suggested tone-of-voice, a referenced style, and suggested colors. Not sure if this tool could handle that detailed of a prompt, but if it could than this demonstration could benefit from a deeper dive.
I signed up last week and created a test demo and it was wack, even had dark text on dark backgrounds. These all feel like 'soulless' templates in my opinion. I'm a huge embrace of AI (Midjourney and ChatGPT from Dec 2022 paid versions and creating many sites with tons of custom AI content) so totally agree bro w your opinion!
You're letting your clients make up their minds on what they want? Like a chef inviting guests into his kitchen: "Tell me what to do, and I'll do it!". Or a painter that asks: "What color should I use now?" "What shape?" Believing that customers get to say what their product looks like, just because they are paying for it is a huge mistake. It's going to be your portfolio. Listen to them describe what they want and then tell them what they get. If they don't like your reasoning, you are a bad match for them. There are a million other designers...
You're both right. And a large factor is how much you bill. If your hours are cheap, then your client will use them more. If your hours are expensive then clients will carefully consider any request they make and usually defer to your judgement.
@@Trazynn Nah. Its all about mindset. A good client knows he knows less than you so they will let you do good work. A cheap and arrogant client thinks he knows more so he will change everything and make the work worse :)
For me it feels like it grabs from a number of templates. Every layout is pretty similar, very simplistic, and fairly clear it’s not been designed. Otherwise, fun tool to add to toolkit, and play with for inspiration. However, it’ll get exponentially better as time passes and it crosses infancy stage (as well as users inputs)
This was a bold move and in its current state, this application is in its infancy. Give it time. There’s always room for improvement with an application adapting new and scalable tech. Also, it’s not a human so the current state of its AI tool’s creativity is limited. This initial AI integration iteration is decent at producing wireframes, so it is somewhat useful.
@@aurelianspodarec2629 Of course, there is a difference. I'll explain it to you since you pointed it out. The purpose of an algorithm is to execute a specific task and is a finite sequence of meticulous instructions created to produce a particular outcome. Whereas AI assistants like Siri use statistical analysis and algorithmic execution to fetch what you are asking for and try to deliver the best results. In a way, AI is like our future robot home assistant, and a specific food-making algorithm within its proprietary code allows it to cook our favorite meals.
@@eddiepowersdesigner Sure, but you don't know if they have actually AI or algorithm with a random choices connected with language model that makes it appear as if it were AI. I could do that there, call it AI, ut it wouldn't actually be AI though
@@eddiepowersdesigner Yeah, I'm doing something similar and its all about faking it xD I really doubt that there is a proper AI. I think every sectoin/block has a meta data and when you type something it loops over the appropriate meta data and chooses one based on X algorithm, that's how I would do it, its not AI, but I could call it AI since it would be connected to language model, people seem to think text is AI xd I think if that was AI that could actually write HTMl and CSS then yeah, but I think were probably far from that
Give it 2-5 years and watch how suddenly this A.I builder website as well as others will become incredible, designing amazing websites and functions. It's just a matter of time A.I will evolve better designs, better layouts, faster and working. It will improve. It's just a matter of time. I use it for now to develop ideas fast.
As a web designer I would use this to generate ideas for a new site design and then maybe even use it for hosting. I no longer want to design in Figma first. This is so much faster. And when I designed in Photoshop it seems so ancient.
Its cool and fast but I'm really not all that impressed. It always generates a landing page design followed by what is basically the same layout and paragraphs every time. If you try to have it produce different kinds of websites like a basic website for code documentation, presentations, or a website for an online store it completely fails and creates the same basic layout it creates every time. Once such a system is able to create different types of layouts and websites too then it will really be insane.
Code documentation is a special case and very few people need to do websites for that particular purpose. If they do, they use either a mainstream knowledge management system or something cloud-based like notion/confluence. E-commerce is also different, most shopping carts have their own template system that you can only customize but not build from scratch. Best case scenario, AI can give you some new ideas for a fancy layout - although chances are indeed slim.
I apologize this program does not impress you. Naturally, your skill is better. AI is in its infancy for the masses. maybe in a year or two they will have something that impresses you. Until then, hang in there.
It's great tool. Being uix designer and website developer, i know that 80% of sites on the Internet are just air that does not fulfill their tasks, since the people who rivet them, the vast majority, do not delve into business problems, but simply draw sites and, as a result, they have no conversion and business benefits
Well, I think we're lucky we have you to take care of all those sites filled with air. I have a marketing degree, would my business knowledge be helpful in building a site if I know the section is for?
For websites I suppose it's the same as with many other things with AI: if you just want the pragmatic functionality in a basic form, where uniqueness/individuality/personality is just not a deciding factor (or a any factor at all) it's perfect. AI gets the job done in a satisfactory way and you have to use a fraction of the resources it would take to have a person do the task and end up with the more or less exact same result. --- But as soon as it's about more than that, as soon as actual creative input is concerned AI lacks the imagination of humans. Someone somewhere said AI lacks the ability to imagine the motivation and/or intent of the recipient and wherever and whenever that bit is crucial AI will always fall short of what a person can do --- provided the person has imagination and creativity (which is not at all a given).
To me, it looks not much different from just using pre-built sections to then adjusting them to your liking. Another tool that might reduce the grunt work of building from blank. But let's see where it goes. Personally, also with chat GTP, it is astonishing and overhyped at the same time. It can do things you thought would not be possible. But you also realize that even with exponential improvement, it will take some time to be as good as an expert in the field. I think that is the best case, though. Removing boring grind tasks, so you can focus on the 50% to 20% that make the real difference.
Awesome video! This would be a great starting point for anyone who doesn't understand the concept of "research" and "reference" but would like a website for their small business or hobby. Really handy tool. A great place for new or aspiring web designers to start building from too.
first i thought i could use it for inspiration or help to kind of not doing the same all over as many of us do unintentional anyway. you kind of develop a stile and more or less stick to it. so i like to use ai to get fresh ideas and directions. but this one, you're completly right.. it's like sticking in a same pattern itself ;)
You say "[AI] is not putting us out of a job anytime soon." But the exponential growth of AI that's getting better and better every day for the past ~year (specifically ones like GPT, Photoshop & MJ) is kinda scary because I bet these web design tools are going to be even more amazing sooner than later.
its a tool, it wont be anything more than that till AGI exists, the thing that'll get you to lose you're job is not believing in your ability, stop worrying about AI and start to worry about the millions of designers your competing with and think about how you can differientiate yourself. This tool is super basic and generic - same reason wix, shopify etc. never killed web development, now web devs just use these tools.
Yes as a developer, funny how just last year developers and programmers say we’re decades away from AI writing code and here we are less than a year later, it can produce code.
Short term, we still have our jobs. Long term, being a human was a nice journey. These generated websites current state might not be the best. But we have to understand, the more it generates, the faster it learns. I could imagine tomorrow these websites generate an AWWWARDS looking website. Honestly, IDK what to do, planning on switching career to something like a network engineer where I have to connect cables my self since Im better than a hardware AI in that matter.
Great video, very illustrative. I see there are many designers here, and I would like to ask them where they find remote work since I am a data analyst and web developer with database experience, and I find it very difficult to find something
Designing at it's core is finding core issues and creating solutions systematically to address the issue in a substantial way. Everyone knows when you build a solution to a problem 100 more issues come up. It will never stop and because people are forever changing we will forever need to design which is the art. AI will not replace us, it will just allow us to focus on the art more.
Thank you for sharing this video showcasing the websites generated by Framer AI based on prompts you provided. It's fascinating to see how AI technology is evolving and its impact on UI/UX design.
From my experience, I tested several generative AI platforms. The AI is good with creating landing pages. But don't expect much? Especially if you are not a developer/designer. Now for the GreenByte example. Since it's a marketplace example. How do you create the inventory,users, and all the details of the platform? Definitely, the AI won't do it for you??
Want templates? give it code and coordinates and it will make your template. That is what it is for, it can be trained, train it and it will be a good doggo.
I'm overwhelmed with all these new AI tools coming out. There's a lot of janky or scammy tools out there, so which ones are people actually using? What's best for generating mockups based on prompts or reference images?
Im with your point. The layouts are all looking the same. For me personally, its a great opportunity to get inspired for headers and text and integrate those in my own design. Im doing very hard with my content :( Btw is there another AI especially for Websites that creates content? I think a lot of other people would be interested in this too ;)
I stopped building websites 6 years ago, as page builders evolution killed this niche. I've been doing application development (web also), system engineering and now progressing in marketing (including offline). It is not AI taking jobs, it is just evolution and constant change that it happened all the time, but in different ways.
I believe the 'X factor" lies in the clarity of the artist's vision. Unfortunately these visions all start their lives completely invisible to others, so if AI can help us share our visions more easily, then I hope the most gifted visionaries should deservingly rise to the top.
Those are pretty simple layouts if you ask me. There is no way that AI can replace designers and developers in the near future, given the current state of technology. Ofc you can take those generated layouts as references or use it as your basic design in order to speed up your work.
Friends were teasing me about being out of a job, because of AI. I’m a Sr UX Engineer. They seem to think AI will replace everyone’s job. I was never worried. To my knowledge, AI has to be fed. There are way too many variables, possibilities, nuances, and interpretations, in my opinion, that can only be given by human interaction. Thank you for this demonstration. By the way, these friends of mine also think that AI will replace Judges in courtrooms. I would hate to see that as reality.
Thank you. You are very good at your job to know that and can explain it. i wish I was as smart as you. Can I work next to you? I'm kidding, hahahahaha. seriously, all your words are correct. What's coming down the pike, Prompt Engineer, the $150k to $250K positions, that have your name written all over it. Me? I thought I knew something, but prompts are intricate and compounded, and you have to know what you need from the AI. you know. Me, I don't know all the time. I go a lot of good prompts, my problem is I didn't think of them. I can use them, but to be a prompt Engineer you have to think of the prompts required. Impressive comment. Thank you, made my eveninig.
And THAT is why you are a UX engineer and not someone doing hard programming. You lack the IQ to see how bad things will go. You see the now, not the future - the whole "real AI not an image generator that ALSO does visual" is not even mainstream accessible - what when an UI is trained on billions of websites and all the books. There it is, fed - plus your company style manual in, and there you go. Maybe you keep your job - out of 20 people doing the same in your company. For some time. Until another generation or two tell you to pack up.
@@ThomasTomiczek I’m an UX Engineer… which means I’m a developer/programmer as well! 😳 I’ve been in the industry for over 25 yrs!! Damn I wish I could see your face right now! AI taking into account billions of websites does not guarantee that they will be usable! There is no way that AI accurately interpret the needs of a human user on any given website. Users will find a way to use even the most broken of websites, to get the information they need or to get a task done. My job is qualitative. AI can’t touch that!! Now I’m questioning your IQ. 😂😂
Learn to use your Adobe product and erase the lettering and put the lettering you want in there. You have a tremendous advantage in getting a layout, sounds like your problem is cosmetic. Easily fixable, get an image editing program, and pick one you like, there are some free ones on the net, and they also have AI image editors, some free some paid. Find one you like and erase that lettering, and your good to go.
Their version is called BING. I get 5 questions and they tell me to come back tomorrow. Nice folks over there at BING. Listen to them, BiNG is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Can framer host my domain? Can i capture email leads and give coupons. I just started a notary business. I wanted a funnel. Do you recommend this or other programs like lightfunnels. I know Nothing about designing. Maybe getresponse
If it's good enough or not is irrelevant, it's just a matter of time until all it will take for the avg Joe is to write or tell a PC prompt what it he wants and AI will do it, cheap and free. For now people should do as much as they can while they can because the social structure and economic models will change entirely, there's no denying what's coming, good luck everyone.
You can only either be optimistic or pessimistic about AI replacing web designers. Sorry to say but web designers are headed to be replaced “very soon” and comments here that say otherwise will age like milk
No. AI is no where near being able to take over for devs of any kind. Maybe the people who use prebuilt wordpress templates. All these ai platforms seem to do is generate premade templates.
Have you considered that CEOs would be more than happy with the kind of work AI produces? It's not the designers or devs to decide if we keep our jobs.
It's understandable that you would have this opinion. People have difficulty understanding exponential growth, even those building LLMs. A UX designer will slowly get better year after year. But Ai gets exponentially better month after month. We have no idea how good it will be in 12 months but it will be exponentially better than it is today.
I just guessing here, but tell me if I am wrong. You talk to your client. You write down what he wants, and you then prototype it, right. You take this program, you put in what your client wants and you put in a prototype website you made and tell it to build a website on NY prototypes and see what happens. It's pretty smart, it'll figure it out, and if you're smart, and it does not come out just how you want, plug it all back in correctly like you want it, or take the code and manually fix it in an IDE Work it out you can do it. You have what you have been looking for, it's up to you to make it work.
Common on Guys, Just become a framer designer/developer. I'm a Python developer and I can't build Framer websites like a Pro using Framer. It's an opportunity not an enermy.
Asking youfself is this is any good osnt really relevant right?? This si the first version ever, its never going to be worse than this. Wait for couple months and you'll see your job get replaced 😅
So basically just like a big template library. But instead of spending an hour going through them you find something quicker… at least in theory. I mean how many people really use templates except teachers, students and mom’s for party invitations?
I don't get whats new with this specific technology. I mean you can already copy this kind of simple designs from anywhere.... Are we bored now to "draw" boxes and texts? 😅
There’s never any design intention with AI. It’s just better than having nothing. If a designer showed me this I would ask Why? What are you trying to do?
That is ALL hype but wack when I tried. I can create 3 times more modern beautiful and dynamic by importing my fav saved WP sections and templates to then just customize from
probably they'll come up with much more advance that does as we expect any time soon. and I expect that to happened in the world of AI. as for now in my opinion, this is not as useful as what the alternatives can provide.
Design a website for a small client is not worth your time for the money they can pay. I always point for a wordpress template when a small client ask for a site. I can point for this too.
So instead of offering good convertion rate and take the money, use the tool to create the website faster, you... tell them to do it themself with zero knowledge?
AIs still have a bad taste problem. I dont want AI to decide on design, but to create such boring areas like email sections, buying domain and publishing a website for me, and solving layout bugs.
What are your thoughts on Framer AI? I personally see it as a very quick tool for non-designers to create websites fast. For those of us who want to take designs to the next level, we're still going to rely on our personal craftmanship to get the job done. ;)
I think that it will help designers to simplify our work and productivity. I hope this will remain in a position where our work as designers will be necessary.
I thought of taking inspirations from it, is it worth? because you said all the UIs were similiar.
We're not going to be able to keep saying "AI is just a tool" for much longer at this rate. It's a phrase that ignores how fast AI can evolve. It's now a tool using a tool. Its designs may be no more than average for now, but it's still designing a full responsive website in seconds. That's the important thing here, and a lot of comments get so hung up on criticizing its designs rather than processing the implications of AI working within established web design constraints as a whole. All it takes is full Midjourney integration and our list of excuses as to why "AI is still just a tool" runs out.
And at the end of the day, it's the CEOs and employers who know little about good design who will decide our job security. AI designs may not impress us, but it sure would impress them, especially the cost savings it brings them.
@@marzoval9551 but after some time, it can't get new things right, because every AI tool depends upon other AI tool, which is dependent upon the data in the internet. If AI steals all that then there will not be any new data in the web and the AI keeps generated the same thing over and over again right?
but i fear that the CEOs will ignore us humans
I can´t stand repetitive tedious tasks like configuring a website backend, resizing photos, cutting backgrouns, finding fonts, so any AI help will be greatly appreciated.
As a graphic designer and someone who also works in web design and branding, I've come to the realization that these AI tools are just that. Tools. If you can learn to utilize them and integrate them then you will have greater artistic freedom. For example, if you feel bogged down and creatively stifled by tedious tasks like needing to do color theory research to create client branding, then you can get Chat GPT to give you meaning and purpose based on color codes/palettes you choose. Or if your stuck on a simple strip layout then you can use this for inspiration. Now that I've used some of these tools for efficiency I'm not worried about it anymore. The AI will never create the same things I will, but it CAN help with the tedious tasks so that I can work within my creative flow.
Although I agree with you as of this video's upload date, you might be overlooking the fact that this technology has only been possible for a short period of time. There is a good chance that this kind of technology will improve with time and in the next decade you, me, and many others might not have the same job anymore. Although not worrying about this is always the best option, remaining vigilant is a good idea as well.
So true, I found an AI program that produces text to the gradient. I wrote something about love, and it gave the most beautiful pink gradient I've ever seen. I like it. Any text and it will make a gradient of the text. Very nice.
That’s the most honest clever thing I’ve heard a designer say about these ‘tool’…you’re spot on. Most others are just worried and are criticising AI just because they want to keep their jobs, those ones probably won’t, but you are truly creative and have nothing to worry about because you have no fear. Nice one
@@TruthofDilly
There was a guy who was talking about quitting because of the tonnage of new AI stuff, and all the rest that web makers need to know. I told him I am the opposite of him, that I was grabbing at everything I can, to learn as much as possible. Algorithms, Machine Language, understanding it a piece at a time.
I tried Midjourney and ran out of tokens, I was directed to Leonardo AI. Man, I love it. I don't have to know what I am doing but I love 89% of what I make, but that's because I don't know how to use it properly just enough to make a thing. Hey, it comes out Ok I'm good.
I'm going to MidJourney next month and I got some instructions on how to use that, and I'll get instructions on Using Leonardo AI.
Do you know what the really big problem is with AI? The are so many tools and they all want you to pay!! Some, have free sections that have limits to what you can do, but if you want the full ride, you have to pay. Here is the problem, you like a bunch of tools and you going to pay to use them all? Because you can use them all.
I have spent some time with ChatGPT and I am aware of its character, and its moodiness, it even gets an attitude at times. What I learned was when it is not giving what you want you have to tell it how to give you the answer.
I write, so sometimes I need to verify the information. GPT is not verifying to my satisfaction, so, I have to go look up the fact and bring it back to GPT and tell it this is the fact, your wrong. At that time it will agree. The problem is it will forget the entire encounter and we start over with a blank slate. That's OK. Sometimes in real life, it's the same thing when you know you're right and have to convince someone of the facts.
I think a lot of people think GPT/AI is the Tree of Life, and all its fruit will be what you want and need, you don't have to do anything anymore, it will do it all.
Um, not quite, not in this decade. Ai today is simply a tool and for web makers it is an augmentation to your knowledge.
Your work has just begun, to learn how to effectively use the new tools. You make the tool, the tool does not operate without you. It's like a gun sitting on a table. what is it doing there on the table, nothing. It won't do anything, it cannot operate itself. It takes a human to come along pick it up and pull the trigger to make it work. Same principle with AI, it needs your knowledge to do what it can do. All the people smart enough to use it can make it do things that will amaze us all, and that's what we need to remember. Thanks, buddy. Good luck.
@360recaps
Yes, this is a fear. I have heard horror stories of those who took the money and ran. Rust is a vital commodity.
However, I really think it is on the buyer to be on their toes with a creator. Is this guy for real? How do I know?
I think most hacks do not want to spend time with the client and find out the whole company and just what's needed. The object is to get in make the sale and get the down payment and leave.
We are left to face scorn and scrutiny as if all designers are crooks.
On the other hand, with making a website easy to make, maybe the crook can do a Half ass job and the client is happy. after a while, he'll feel like he needs a better site. He is not going to call the last guy who did it.
Most people expect AI to be creative. It is not and won't be for a very long time. It just reiterates patterns it has learned from analyzing a large dataset. This thing won't make human designers obsolete just as elementor/divi didn't make WP developers obsolete. In some scenarios this might be enough but unless you are visually illiterate you won't mistake an AI design for a professional one. Btw. there are already an infinite number of downloadable templates out there, they too look the same. AI is a competition to stock template makers rather than to professional creatives.
If you define what creative is then you will understand that AI is creative and it will be even more creative. The more data it analyses the more creative it can be. This is how humans are ‘creative’ as well. Its based on our environment and what we understand of it. I mean take a look at MidJourney.
@@petera4813 My interpretation of "creative" is the ability to create something new that didn't exist before, in other words something original, which at the same time meets all professional criteria and holds added value, or addresses a problem in a new way. Some rubbish or industrial noise won't qualify. AI may turn creative one day, but surely not today. It needs to take a huge leap to understand what makes an original idea and why - this includes plenty of abstraction and cultural context. Otherwise this AI (Framer) and its buddies would easily spit out an original design even when it relies on a known style or layout. Without a tangible evidence to support your point, this debate is purely academic and makes little sense. I can show you examples of human creativity in visual design, but have yet to see examples of AI creativity.
@@petera4813 ok but ask midjourney to create a completely new artstyle from scratch and it will often trip with it’s so called “creativeness”. While it’s impressive tech and has an incredible degree of stylization, it’s not a 1 to 1 comparison to creativity in the human sense
It's not even remotely analogous to WordPress builders. Were like a year off some sales guy being able to punch in "website luxury German car" and getting back something ready for an underpaid 19yo Dev to launch that would have satisfied a 1mo $20,000 brief a year ago. Teams will be like 'yeah we brought in AI design tools to make your job easier' except now you only get a fraction of the work and are standing on the precipice of your livelihood being handily swapped for a college kid who knows the CSS box model on contract
you are delusional - or u simply dont understand how a.i works
Thanks for this overview of Framer AI! The biggest issue I see with this demonstration is the vagueness of the prompts. As designers we have a lot more than just two to three sentences that we use to steer our design decisions. As others have mentioned, this is just a tool that takes inputs. I would love to see a much longer prompt that includes client objectives, some copy, suggested tone-of-voice, a referenced style, and suggested colors. Not sure if this tool could handle that detailed of a prompt, but if it could than this demonstration could benefit from a deeper dive.
I signed up last week and created a test demo and it was wack, even had dark text on dark backgrounds. These all feel like 'soulless' templates in my opinion. I'm a huge embrace of AI (Midjourney and ChatGPT from Dec 2022 paid versions and creating many sites with tons of custom AI content) so totally agree bro w your opinion!
Fr who builds a website before even picking colors?? Like..
This will save me so much time after my clients finally make up their mind on what they actually want.
You're letting your clients make up their minds on what they want? Like a chef inviting guests into his kitchen: "Tell me what to do, and I'll do it!". Or a painter that asks: "What color should I use now?" "What shape?"
Believing that customers get to say what their product looks like, just because they are paying for it is a huge mistake. It's going to be your portfolio. Listen to them describe what they want and then tell them what they get. If they don't like your reasoning, you are a bad match for them. There are a million other designers...
@@diminishedreturn I'm not sure what planet you live on but as for website development the client has more say than you think
@@Lonzo1112 Depends on how you setup your business, how you present yourself, and what your own believes are.
You're both right. And a large factor is how much you bill. If your hours are cheap, then your client will use them more. If your hours are expensive then clients will carefully consider any request they make and usually defer to your judgement.
@@Trazynn Nah. Its all about mindset.
A good client knows he knows less than you so they will let you do good work.
A cheap and arrogant client thinks he knows more so he will change everything and make the work worse :)
For me it feels like it grabs from a number of templates. Every layout is pretty similar, very simplistic, and fairly clear it’s not been designed. Otherwise, fun tool to add to toolkit, and play with for inspiration. However, it’ll get exponentially better as time passes and it crosses infancy stage (as well as users inputs)
I tried it out and it is pretty fun. You can tweak the design to your liking. Its great if you have no clue of what you are doing like me
This was a bold move and in its current state, this application is in its infancy. Give it time. There’s always room for improvement with an application adapting new and scalable tech. Also, it’s not a human so the current state of its AI tool’s creativity is limited. This initial AI integration iteration is decent at producing wireframes, so it is somewhat useful.
AI or Algorithm? There's big difference.
@@aurelianspodarec2629 Of course, there is a difference. I'll explain it to you since you pointed it out. The purpose of an algorithm is to execute a specific task and is a finite sequence of meticulous instructions created to produce a particular outcome. Whereas AI assistants like Siri use statistical analysis and algorithmic execution to fetch what you are asking for and try to deliver the best results. In a way, AI is like our future robot home assistant, and a specific food-making algorithm within its proprietary code allows it to cook our favorite meals.
@@eddiepowersdesigner Sure, but you don't know if they have actually AI or algorithm with a random choices connected with language model that makes it appear as if it were AI.
I could do that there, call it AI, ut it wouldn't actually be AI though
@@aurelianspodarec2629 Ah. I see. That is a good point because they can fake until they make it.
@@eddiepowersdesigner Yeah, I'm doing something similar and its all about faking it xD
I really doubt that there is a proper AI. I think every sectoin/block has a meta data and when you type something it loops over the appropriate meta data and chooses one based on X algorithm, that's how I would do it, its not AI, but I could call it AI since it would be connected to language model, people seem to think text is AI xd
I think if that was AI that could actually write HTMl and CSS then yeah, but I think were probably far from that
Give it 2-5 years and watch how suddenly this A.I builder website as well as others will become incredible, designing amazing websites and functions. It's just a matter of time A.I will evolve better designs, better layouts, faster and working. It will improve. It's just a matter of time. I use it for now to develop ideas fast.
As a web designer I would use this to generate ideas for a new site design and then maybe even use it for hosting. I no longer want to design in Figma first. This is so much faster. And when I designed in Photoshop it seems so ancient.
Its cool and fast but I'm really not all that impressed. It always generates a landing page design followed by what is basically the same layout and paragraphs every time. If you try to have it produce different kinds of websites like a basic website for code documentation, presentations, or a website for an online store it completely fails and creates the same basic layout it creates every time.
Once such a system is able to create different types of layouts and websites too then it will really be insane.
Code documentation is a special case and very few people need to do websites for that particular purpose. If they do, they use either a mainstream knowledge management system or something cloud-based like notion/confluence. E-commerce is also different, most shopping carts have their own template system that you can only customize but not build from scratch. Best case scenario, AI can give you some new ideas for a fancy layout - although chances are indeed slim.
I apologize this program does not impress you. Naturally, your skill is better.
AI is in its infancy for the masses. maybe in a year or two they will have something that impresses you. Until then, hang in there.
Great video once again! Would love to see these type of content again
It's great tool.
Being uix designer and website developer, i know that 80% of sites on the Internet are just air that does not fulfill their tasks, since the people who rivet them, the vast majority, do not delve into business problems, but simply draw sites and, as a result, they have no conversion and business benefits
🎯 Couldn’t agree more.
Well, I think we're lucky we have you to take care of all those sites filled with air.
I have a marketing degree, would my business knowledge be helpful in building a site if I know the section is for?
For websites I suppose it's the same as with many other things with AI: if you just want the pragmatic functionality in a basic form, where uniqueness/individuality/personality is just not a deciding factor (or a any factor at all) it's perfect. AI gets the job done in a satisfactory way and you have to use a fraction of the resources it would take to have a person do the task and end up with the more or less exact same result. --- But as soon as it's about more than that, as soon as actual creative input is concerned AI lacks the imagination of humans. Someone somewhere said AI lacks the ability to imagine the motivation and/or intent of the recipient and wherever and whenever that bit is crucial AI will always fall short of what a person can do --- provided the person has imagination and creativity (which is not at all a given).
absolutely, as web developer am not going to stop learning
To me, it looks not much different from just using pre-built sections to then adjusting them to your liking. Another tool that might reduce the grunt work of building from blank. But let's see where it goes. Personally, also with chat GTP, it is astonishing and overhyped at the same time. It can do things you thought would not be possible. But you also realize that even with exponential improvement, it will take some time to be as good as an expert in the field. I think that is the best case, though. Removing boring grind tasks, so you can focus on the 50% to 20% that make the real difference.
Awesome video! This would be a great starting point for anyone who doesn't understand the concept of "research" and "reference" but would like a website for their small business or hobby. Really handy tool. A great place for new or aspiring web designers to start building from too.
Are you gonna make one about mobirise AI? Still in development, but it's gonna be impressive, I think.
first i thought i could use it for inspiration or help to kind of not doing the same all over as many of us do unintentional anyway. you kind of develop a stile and more or less stick to it. so i like to use ai to get fresh ideas and directions. but this one, you're completly right.. it's like sticking in a same pattern itself ;)
You say "[AI] is not putting us out of a job anytime soon." But the exponential growth of AI that's getting better and better every day for the past ~year (specifically ones like GPT, Photoshop & MJ) is kinda scary because I bet these web design tools are going to be even more amazing sooner than later.
its a tool, it wont be anything more than that till AGI exists, the thing that'll get you to lose you're job is not believing in your ability, stop worrying about AI and start to worry about the millions of designers your competing with and think about how you can differientiate yourself. This tool is super basic and generic - same reason wix, shopify etc. never killed web development, now web devs just use these tools.
Yes as a developer, funny how just last year developers and programmers say we’re decades away from AI writing code and here we are less than a year later, it can produce code.
Without new ideas AI, if we can even really call it that, will get stuck in a loop and never grow.
@@TheEnterthedreaming True, but still room for improvement - how big is the gap though? Who knows :)
The pros are always gonna have a spot but for small website this is definitely useful
Can I build an website on framer and then host it on a custom hosting service? Or I’m limited to use their hosting service?
Short term, we still have our jobs. Long term, being a human was a nice journey.
These generated websites current state might not be the best. But we have to understand, the more it generates, the faster it learns. I could imagine tomorrow these websites generate an AWWWARDS looking website.
Honestly, IDK what to do, planning on switching career to something like a network engineer where I have to connect cables my self since Im better than a hardware AI in that matter.
Nah, use your time to become a far-right political radical and make plans to seize power.
The operative word for you is grow.
where do i get this i dont have it on m framer
Great video, very illustrative. I see there are many designers here, and I would like to ask them where they find remote work since I am a data analyst and web developer with database experience, and I find it very difficult to find something
its no longer have design with ai button
Designing at it's core is finding core issues and creating solutions systematically to address the issue in a substantial way. Everyone knows when you build a solution to a problem 100 more issues come up. It will never stop and because people are forever changing we will forever need to design which is the art. AI will not replace us, it will just allow us to focus on the art more.
I forgot to mention that I’m positive Adobe Figma is likely going to introduce something similar.
Thank you for sharing this video showcasing the websites generated by Framer AI based on prompts you provided. It's fascinating to see how AI technology is evolving and its impact on UI/UX design.
Basically it generates the same sections, color palettes and random text... Idk far from taking people out of their jobs
From my experience, I tested several generative AI platforms. The AI is good with creating landing pages. But don't expect much? Especially if you are not a developer/designer.
Now for the GreenByte example. Since it's a marketplace example. How do you create the inventory,users, and all the details of the platform? Definitely, the AI won't do it for you??
When tools like photoshop came out, people said designers will be out of jobs. I just see it as another tool.
Can I publish it directly in WordPress ?
Sure would be nice if there was a tool to generate html templates. As a back end dev not really a fan of designing front end.
Want templates? give it code and coordinates and it will make your template. That is what it is for, it can be trained, train it and it will be a good doggo.
I'm overwhelmed with all these new AI tools coming out. There's a lot of janky or scammy tools out there, so which ones are people actually using? What's best for generating mockups based on prompts or reference images?
i like your theory of how they did it
I am new in the world of ux design, do you think I will be good if I only want to deal with the computer and not with research and... as a freelancer
AI excels when you provide it with more requirements. I wonder if you took that approach if the outcomes would be different and/or better
Im with your point. The layouts are all looking the same. For me personally, its a great opportunity to get inspired for headers and text and integrate those in my own design. Im doing very hard with my content :( Btw is there another AI especially for Websites that creates content? I think a lot of other people would be interested in this too ;)
will FramerAI give us the source code (for further fine tune) of the page it built?
I have the same question
I stopped building websites 6 years ago, as page builders evolution killed this niche. I've been doing application development (web also), system engineering and now progressing in marketing (including offline). It is not AI taking jobs, it is just evolution and constant change that it happened all the time, but in different ways.
I believe the 'X factor" lies in the clarity of the artist's vision. Unfortunately these visions all start their lives completely invisible to others, so if AI can help us share our visions more easily, then I hope the most gifted visionaries should deservingly rise to the top.
Damn, id like to see the sourcecode to see if u can modify it further etc
@designcourse can I export file from framer to use it in figma ?
Or visa versa?
Those are pretty simple layouts if you ask me. There is no way that AI can replace designers and developers in the near future, given the current state of technology. Ofc you can take those generated layouts as references or use it as your basic design in order to speed up your work.
what Keyboard and mouse do you use?
Gary can I use this for creating website for small business as a freekancer ?
Thank you man❤
thanks for the tip!
Love you man!
Friends were teasing me about being out of a job, because of AI. I’m a Sr UX Engineer. They seem to think AI will replace everyone’s job. I was never worried. To my knowledge, AI has to be fed. There are way too many variables, possibilities, nuances, and interpretations, in my opinion, that can only be given by human interaction. Thank you for this demonstration.
By the way, these friends of mine also think that AI will replace Judges in courtrooms. I would hate to see that as reality.
UI / ux will definitely be replaced very soon.
I agree totally, without human input certain results can’t be generated
Thank you. You are very good at your job to know that and can explain it. i wish I was as smart as you. Can I work next to you? I'm kidding, hahahahaha. seriously, all your words are correct. What's coming down the pike, Prompt Engineer, the $150k to $250K positions, that have your name written all over it. Me? I thought I knew something, but prompts are intricate and compounded, and you have to know what you need from the AI. you know.
Me, I don't know all the time. I go a lot of good prompts, my problem is I didn't think of them. I can use them, but to be a prompt Engineer you have to think of the prompts required. Impressive comment. Thank you, made my eveninig.
And THAT is why you are a UX engineer and not someone doing hard programming. You lack the IQ to see how bad things will go. You see the now, not the future - the whole "real AI not an image generator that ALSO does visual" is not even mainstream accessible - what when an UI is trained on billions of websites and all the books. There it is, fed - plus your company style manual in, and there you go. Maybe you keep your job - out of 20 people doing the same in your company. For some time. Until another generation or two tell you to pack up.
@@ThomasTomiczek I’m an UX Engineer… which means I’m a developer/programmer as well! 😳 I’ve been in the industry for over 25 yrs!! Damn I wish I could see your face right now! AI taking into account billions of websites does not guarantee that they will be usable! There is no way that AI accurately interpret the needs of a human user on any given website. Users will find a way to use even the most broken of websites, to get the information they need or to get a task done. My job is qualitative. AI can’t touch that!! Now I’m questioning your IQ. 😂😂
I had the same thoughts, that most likely the AI is just generating text content and not actually designing piece by piece
Midjourney does some great layouts. The problem is the weird text if they fix that I would use it.
Learn to use your Adobe product and erase the lettering and put the lettering you want in there. You have a tremendous advantage in getting a layout, sounds like your problem is cosmetic.
Easily fixable, get an image editing program, and pick one you like, there are some free ones on the net, and they also have AI image editors, some free some paid. Find one you like and erase that lettering, and your good to go.
Imagine if google released their own version of this. I'd assume with their vast amount of data it could possibly be 10x+ better than this.
No.. See there bard comparing to chat gpt
@@s7s_space Yeah by Chatgpt is backed by OpenAI, this for all I know is made by some minor company
Their version is called BING. I get 5 questions and they tell me to come back tomorrow. Nice folks over there at BING. Listen to them, BiNG is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I'll say that the AI generator LOVES that standard layout design. Not saying AI isn't awesome...but it's AI.
Can framer host my domain? Can i capture email leads and give coupons. I just started a notary business. I wanted a funnel. Do you recommend this or other programs like lightfunnels. I know Nothing about designing. Maybe getresponse
Did you say anytime soon?
Yay we can make sites like Wix and Squarespace can with AI
Isn't Wix AI now??
If it's good enough or not is irrelevant, it's just a matter of time until all it will take for the avg Joe is to write or tell a PC prompt what it he wants and AI will do it, cheap and free. For now people should do as much as they can while they can because the social structure and economic models will change entirely, there's no denying what's coming, good luck everyone.
It's pretty interesting. It's already better at front end development and design than most new graduates.
Hahahahaha, seriously, I figure those people come out burning rubber and smoking up the place!
The barrier of entry in tech is gonna be impossible to break at this point😅
make a course on framer
Its not great but its so cheap and easy that it will become the norm.
Wix AI website builder have been existing for over 5 years 😂😂we are safe guys
It seems Framer only design Landing pages :( I need to design a dashboard.
Guys wht's the alt career option now for us designers?
McDonalds. They need janitors since they’re also using AI and kiosks to take orders.
Just be good designer
The average to above average will get beaten by AI. The best can never be replaced. Tech is shifting too you are an extreme expert or unemployed.
You can only either be optimistic or pessimistic about AI replacing web designers. Sorry to say but web designers are headed to be replaced “very soon” and comments here that say otherwise will age like milk
so it's more like adding a NLP.
Can a Framer website include a link to a different website?
No. AI is no where near being able to take over for devs of any kind. Maybe the people who use prebuilt wordpress templates. All these ai platforms seem to do is generate premade templates.
Have you considered that CEOs would be more than happy with the kind of work AI produces? It's not the designers or devs to decide if we keep our jobs.
It's understandable that you would have this opinion. People have difficulty understanding exponential growth, even those building LLMs. A UX designer will slowly get better year after year. But Ai gets exponentially better month after month. We have no idea how good it will be in 12 months but it will be exponentially better than it is today.
Landing pages are very common, but also frequently not great design. So the AI can takr those jobs, I guess.
If there's a tool which can create website based on the content provided by my client. Or to just gabe me a basic layout then that would be great
I just guessing here, but tell me if I am wrong. You talk to your client. You write down what he wants, and you then prototype it, right. You take this program, you put in what your client wants and you put in a prototype website you made and tell it to build a website on NY prototypes and see what happens. It's pretty smart, it'll figure it out, and if you're smart, and it does not come out just how you want, plug it all back in correctly like you want it, or take the code and manually fix it in an IDE Work it out you can do it. You have what you have been looking for, it's up to you to make it work.
@@chrismachabee3128 the usual problem I face is sometimes the content the want under a single heading is huge to make the usual designs work.
Good enough, save time & money
Don't worry bro the next version is coming for you XD
Common on Guys, Just become a framer designer/developer. I'm a Python developer and I can't build Framer websites like a Pro using Framer. It's an opportunity not an enermy.
Asking youfself is this is any good osnt really relevant right?? This si the first version ever, its never going to be worse than this. Wait for couple months and you'll see your job get replaced 😅
Out of a job:
Designers: maybe
Developers: never
it's so good better than some 500$ designer who design a website like a crap!
AI will not take our job as long as we leverage it instead of ignoring it.
So basically just like a big template library. But instead of spending an hour going through them you find something quicker… at least in theory. I mean how many people really use templates except teachers, students and mom’s for party invitations?
A lot of people
We got history (historyy)
No matter how it is described, the final product will be in the style of a landing page.
This is a VI usaing AI styling
The irony of a front end developer asking framer ai to make them a portfolio
I'm also a UI/UX designer and an educator with an audience that includes people who can't code 😑
Should I choose UX designer path in 2023.
yesterday I completed your ultimate figma crash course tutorial. [ Couply ]
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Just stay in India and stop applying for H1B visas in america, babu.
I don't get whats new with this specific technology. I mean you can already copy this kind of simple designs from anywhere.... Are we bored now to "draw" boxes and texts? 😅
There’s never any design intention with AI. It’s just better than having nothing. If a designer showed me this I would ask Why? What are you trying to do?
That is ALL hype but wack when I tried. I can create 3 times more modern beautiful and dynamic by importing my fav saved WP sections and templates to then just customize from
probably they'll come up with much more advance that does as we expect any time soon. and I expect that to happened in the world of AI.
as for now in my opinion, this is not as useful as what the alternatives can provide.
Design a website for a small client is not worth your time for the money they can pay. I always point for a wordpress template when a small client ask for a site. I can point for this too.
So instead of offering good convertion rate and take the money, use the tool to create the website faster, you... tell them to do it themself with zero knowledge?
I think we're safe for now ;)
Hero sections are straight wiener especially to start but the rest is solid
Marketing move of the month. Or the week… not sure any more, things are changing so fast. I believe we live in that unfamous fake progress times.
Everything kinda looks similar
Landing page about a dashboard. LOL
omg, poor Gary Simon
Give it more years (2 to 5 more) and you will see how AI will do everything
"This is the worst it will every be"
Oh ..
You haven't seen Dora AI yet...
AIs still have a bad taste problem. I dont want AI to decide on design, but to create such boring areas like email sections, buying domain and publishing a website for me, and solving layout bugs.