Is AI Killing the Design Industry? A Personal Reflection on the End of Templates, Stock Assets, and Traditional Creativity

I’ll admit it: the first time I saw what AI tools could do, I was equal parts amazed and terrified. I remember sitting at my desk—coffee cold, half-eaten bagel on a napkin—and watching MidJourney generate an insanely detailed digital painting from a single sentence. In seconds. For someone who’s spent years curating templates, working on…