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Which means right now I feel aimless.

The idea of getting professional is kinda annoying me nowadays. I was listening to a guy who was talking about how AI is changing basic things on the surface level so we need to get professional on specific things. It instantly reminded me of ancient times. Well, not that ancient, but medieval I would say. All those masters who can paint, sculpt, architect, engineer, write, and probably sing to a certain level . As far as I can see, you can't do that anymore. I like drawing, designing, programming, writing, and many more roles that are long to describe. I want to do all of that, but it's not quite possible in today's world. One of the first things that I realized, graphic design is now a useless word. It contains too much. Web, UI, UX, illustration, photomanipulation, 3D design, brand design, social media, there is no end! That was the point I realized something was off-beat. When I think about AI being able to do something you spend months, sometimes years, to learn and get better in a swipe is not even the base of the problem. Other people see that too, and the respect you got reduces in time. Its not the same with what you did if youre a professional, but people cant see the difference. It gets the job done they say -it does not at all!-. Not just for others, but for yourself too. You start to question your talent, all the effort, all the hard hard work you've put in. Emotions are signals in your body, and the hate you feel toward AI doing those paintings, music, design, code is making you feel that rage without you being able to specify what your rage is towards. And your defense mechanism is denial and rage. I still think doing a lot of things is possible and AI somehow makes some of them in some ways faster. Like learning or doing the drudgery. However, issues it brings are much bigger and it's mostly affiliated with companies' piggy desires.