Why Every Creative Should Be Obsessed with AI Tools Right Now

AI Isn’t the Future of Creativity—It’s the Present, and You Need to Catch Up

Marius Jopen

26 Jan 2025 — 2 min read

If you’re a creative professional working with computers, it’s time to get familiar with AI.

When I first started, tools like Photoshop and InDesign were the thing. Learning paragraph styles, the stamp tool, and color adjustments was crucial.

AI tools like ChatGPT, MidJourney, and Stable Diffusion are becoming essential, and they’re just the basics. New models and tools are being released as we speak.

It’s crucial to develop a basic understanding of how these technologies work. Knowing the technical basics can help a lot. As a student, I learned how printers worked. Now, it’s time to learn how AI works.

The creative process is changing. It’s no longer about carefully crafting a single image. It’s about generating 10,000 images and selecting the best one. Universities should not complain that their students use ChatGPT for their assignments, the assignments should be so complicated that they have to use ChatGPT.

With AI, I learned Python in a week and even modified parts of Stable Diffusion. There’s really no excuse not to explore these tools. ChatGPT, for instance, acts as an infinitely patient teacher, walking you through new skills step by step. Learning has n e v e r been easier.

We need to keep up with the tools of our time—or risk falling behind.

Here is a list of things worth to look into:

Midjourney (Generate images)
ChatGPT (No need to talk about his)
Claude (Some people say its better that ChatGPT. At least for programming)
Cursor (A very good Ai code editor)
StabilityAI (Develops Stable Diffusion)
Stable Diffusion WebUi (Run Stable Diffusion on your computer)
Stable Diffusion ComfyUi (Run a more advanced version Stable Diffusion on your computer)
Lumalabs (A pretty good tool to generate videos)
NVIDIA (Providing the best GPUs and state-of-the-art AI projects and models)
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