Ex-Apple Designer Shares AI Creativity Framework
Anshu outlines methods to overcome LLM output limitations in design work.
TLDR
Anshu, formerly at Apple, published the piece on Lenny Rachitsky's newsletter. It argues that extensive post-training turns LLMs into safe next-token predictors, limiting bold design ideas. The post lists concrete prompting approaches to restore creativity. Lenny called the insights eye-opening after previously dismissing AI for design tasks. Readers report immediate testing of the methods, including generating random strings as seeds and creating infographics to visualize the framework.
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Lenny Rachitsky@lennysanI'd always thought AI was terrible at design, but after reading today's 🤯 post by @anshuc, I realized I was just doing it wrong. "AI models are capable of amazing creativity, but that creativity gets stifled. LLMs are trained to be next-token predictors: they look at a…
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AT athrv.sh@cultist_devThis was such an amazing piece to read. As a self proclaimed SaaS wizard design is something I deal with often (and somehow end up spending most time on) so this is a godsend. https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/2094821687590375802
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LR Lenny Rachitsky@lennysanMany people are saying https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/2094821687590375802
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DD drew dillon@drewdilMust read. First post on AI design to actually impressed my co-founder. https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/2094821687590375802
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DD drew dillon@drewdilMust read. First post on AI design to actually impress my co-founder. https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/2094821687590375802
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LR Lenny Rachitsky@lennysanLove this one https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/2094821687590375802
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