Takeaways

• AI can produce a design in seconds, but speed isn't the same as strategy. When every business pulls from the same tools and trends, the output starts to look the same across the board.
• Cutting corners on design sends a signal to customers. If your marketing looks cheap or generic, people start wondering what else about your business might be cutting corners too.
• AI still can't replicate the strategic thinking, visual hierarchy, and craft that goes into real design work, according to Moxie's creative director Michael Nelson, who uses AI daily and sees its real limits firsthand.

Taylor and Kelly bring in Moxie's creative director, Michael Nelson, for a rare three-person episode built around a topic that's been driving them a little crazy: the flood of generative AI design showing up in small business ...