Free Access to eLearning for All Students - AIxC: 77
+ Midjourney Parameter Compatibility for Paid Subscribers
Welcome to the 77th version of this newsletter.
The poll we ran last week resulted in 63% of respondents saying we should keep the newsletter under a 5 minute read. So we’ll keep it brief.
Today we’ll be talking Ai education!
Hector & AIxC team
01 / THOUGHTS
The Ai Education Gap
About two years ago, we started working on what would become our Ai education and R&D platform for professional grade creative functions.
During this time we’ve had the opportunity to work with countless amazing brands and their in-house teams, helping guide their Ai adoption journey.
Who we haven’t worked with much in that time are students.
I recently read this article by Rob Boyett for Designweek, and their findings align with what we’ve seen in our work.
On established designers they said:
“Seasoned and well-established designers exhibit better prowess with AI tools, boasting higher adoption rates (78% for those with over 10 years of experience) and more thoughtful integration into their work.”
Regarding students, they noted:
“Unlike learning a new Adobe programme, where time and perseverance are the key ingredients – resources that junior designers have in abundance – success with generative AI appears to require deep professional context and judgment that only comes with experience.
The divide is stark. Senior designers report feeling enhanced by AI tools, while juniors feel diminished.”
It’s what I have seen firsthand for the past 2+ years and it’s concerning. It’s also an area that I think we can help with.
02 / LATEST
Free AIxC eLearning for Students
If you’re a student, we’re offering our Ai eLearning for free as well as access to our paid newsletter.
Our hope is that this accomplishes two things:
It helps students upskill their Ai knowledge in preparation for the start of their professional journey. Careers that will be changing faster than we ever experienced when we were coming up the ranks.
It helps educators continue to focus on what matters - the core fundamentals, as that’s the only way Ai tools will be of real value.
If you’d like to get on our waitlist (need some time to get this together), head on over to our website and sign up with an .edu email.
We hope it helps.
04 / FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS
Parameter Compatibility for Midjourney
For paid subscribers we just uploaded a parameter compatibility cheat sheet for Midjourney. There are so many new ways to communicate with Midjourney and knowing what works with what helps out. Also, please note the new password!
Sign up below for access to the AIxC R&D Lab board and the detailed breakdown. Link and password behind the paywall.