Ruichen He

Catalyst for Creativity or a Hollow Trend?: A Cross-Level Perspective on The Role of Generative AI in Design

Generative AI image creation tools have the potential to transform design education and practice, but raise critical concerns for creativity and ownership. We leverage the 2022 launch of tools like Midjourney and DALL.E as a point dividing design enthusiasts into pre- and post-tool learners. In this paper, we conduct…