# Risks of using generative AI in product design - IDology #17

- Show: [IDology](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/idology)
- Published: 2024-03-05
- Length: 38m
- Episode: 17
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/idology/2024-03-05-risks-of-using-generative-ai-in-product-design-idology-17
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mindsailors/episodes/Risks-of-using-generative-AI-in-product-design---IDology-17-e2e55j3

## Summary

Rafał Piłat, co-founder of Mindsailors, and Jakub Zarzyński, a computational designer at Mindsailors, discuss the integration of generative AI into industrial design workflows. They argue that tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are valuable for rapid ideation and automating sketching but warn against ethical pitfalls regarding copyright and the risk of homogenized design trends. The guests emphasize that AI output is not a substitute for professional manufacturing-ready design and urge designers to adapt to these technologies to remain competitive.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/idology/2024-03-05-risks-of-using-generative-ai-in-product-design-idology-17#t=0) Introduction and the Accessibility of AI
- [6:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/idology/2024-03-05-risks-of-using-generative-ai-in-product-design-idology-17#t=374) Legal and Ethical Risks of Training Data
- [12:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/idology/2024-03-05-risks-of-using-generative-ai-in-product-design-idology-17#t=743) Copyright, Style Emulation, and the 'Pinterest Trap'
- [25:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/idology/2024-03-05-risks-of-using-generative-ai-in-product-design-idology-17#t=1513) Practical Use Cases: Midjourney and Stable Diffusion
- [31:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/idology/2024-03-05-risks-of-using-generative-ai-in-product-design-idology-17#t=1875) AI as a Collaborative Tool and Future of Design

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Intellectual property](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/intellectual-property)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- ChatGPT (tool)
- Midjourney (tool)
- Stable Diffusion (tool)
- Reddit (company)
- OpenAI (company)
- Pinterest (tool)
- SolidWorks (tool)
- Blender (tool)

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