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Re: Figma AI

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

sofixa wrote: post #33
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Figma is explicit about this: > Two important highlights: First, all admins have control of whether their team’s content data is used for training. Second, participation in AI content training is not required to use Figma or Figma’s AI features. Learn more about our approach to training. Blanket bans on third party AI tools don't make any sense to me. As the parent commenter said, they already have all your data, so…

> Blanket bans on third party AI tools don't make any sense to me It's an easy, safe and secure default.

I agree with this, I think I was just interpreting "ban" differently. I.e. if the default is you can't use it, but then there is a specific request/review/audit process to allow it (as original GP's comment said), that makes sense. I just don't think it makes sense to ban without an exception process.

Re: Figma AI

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

karaterobot wrote: post #3

Watching the keynote, the feature where it spits out a design based on a prompt seems like a gimmick. If it doesn't work with MY design system (as opposed to curated design systems like MUI or Bootstrap or whatever) then it's useless. It's also probably not ready to design complex applications, as opposed to brochure websites and apps that fit into very common templates. The AI-powered search features seem really pro…

> The AI-powered search features seem really promising, as finding the right design file is a problem I face every day. What they showed was the ability to paste a screenshot (e.g. from production) and have it find where that design came from, or use a text search to do the same. That's something that'll make me squeal with joy if it actually works.

I've found that, generally, "better search" is the biggest productivity bump I get from gen AI at the moment. That is, lots of times I don't know the keyword of what I want to find beforehand, and with things like ChatGPT I can just describe it to find out. E.g. recently I needed to update all the values in a Postgres array column of one value to another, so I just described to ChatGPT what I wanted to do. It would have taken me a lot longer to hunt through the docs to find the `array_replace` function and get usage examples.

Plus, in the "better search" use case I'm much less concerned about hallucinations as I'm really only using ChatGPT to get me started in the right direction in the first place.

Re: Figma AI

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Post by flappyeagle »

toddmorey wrote: post #59

They have not yet started doing any training on user content and I applaud them for that. (They've only used public community files so far.) However, they are headed that way to support advanced AI features. Quoting Fimga: Two important highlights: First, all admins have control of whether their team’s content data is used for training. Second, participation in AI content training is not required to use Figma or Figm…

It’s opt out for lower plans and opt in for higher plans

Re: Figma AI

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Post by danfromplus »

hamasho wrote: post #42

What happened to MS Office and copilot integration? They gave impressive demos[1] showing users create high-quality PowerPoint with good design and content just by prompting a few sentences more than one year ago. I don't have Copilot license so I don't use it by myself. If someone uses it daily, how good is it? [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7xTBa93TX8

it's quite bad. just makes every slide the same - 1 image + 3 bullet points and tries to obfuscate by putting it into a few different layouts

Re: Figma AI

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Post by 542458 »

flappyeagle wrote: post #63
toddmorey wrote: post #59

They have not yet started doing any training on user content and I applaud them for that. (They've only used public community files so far.) However, they are headed that way to support advanced AI features. Quoting Fimga: Two important highlights: First, all admins have control of whether their team’s content data is used for training. Second, participation in AI content training is not required to use Figma or Figm…

It’s opt out for lower plans and opt in for higher plans

Higher plans actually can’t opt in. If I look in settings on my organization plan I cannot turn on the allow training checkbox - it’s disabled in an off state.

Re: Figma AI

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Post by 542458 »

sofixa wrote: post #33
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Figma is explicit about this: > Two important highlights: First, all admins have control of whether their team’s content data is used for training. Second, participation in AI content training is not required to use Figma or Figma’s AI features. Learn more about our approach to training. Blanket bans on third party AI tools don't make any sense to me. As the parent commenter said, they already have all your data, so…

> Blanket bans on third party AI tools don't make any sense to me It's an easy, safe and secure default.

I think the “easy” bit is increasingly not true, given that blanket AI feature bans mean you’ve banned both Mac OS and Windows.

Re: Figma AI

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Post by dharma1 »

jjcm wrote: post #18
klabb3 wrote: post #12

Is it just me or did gen AI allow companies to cheat a lot more with their demos/showcases? I feel like there’s absolutely no way to tell if what’s shown is representative, cherry-picked or outright faked. I mean, it’s non-reproducible by nature, so it even gives plausible deniability to unscrupulous marketing departments. I’d rather watch a YouTuber or streamer do a real project in a tool too see if and how it works…

PM here on the AI streams. These were all live demoes, not faked. Was not great for my anxiety given the non-deterministic nature. We did talk about faking it, but Dylan was heavily opposed as he felt it wouldn't be genuine.

do you know when they're rolling out? I saw something about waitlist mentioned, but no link. Thanks!

Re: Figma AI

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Post by adriand »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #62
karaterobot wrote: post #3

Watching the keynote, the feature where it spits out a design based on a prompt seems like a gimmick. If it doesn't work with MY design system (as opposed to curated design systems like MUI or Bootstrap or whatever) then it's useless. It's also probably not ready to design complex applications, as opposed to brochure websites and apps that fit into very common templates. The AI-powered search features seem really pro…

> The AI-powered search features seem really promising, as finding the right design file is a problem I face every day. What they showed was the ability to paste a screenshot (e.g. from production) and have it find where that design came from, or use a text search to do the same. That's something that'll make me squeal with joy if it actually works. I've found that, generally, "better search" is the biggest productiv…

It’s true. My best example of this recently was describing what I needed to finish a cabling project and discovering that it’s called a “grommet”. I had already spent a bunch of time on the Home Depot website searching for the wrong things (faceplate, outlet cover, etc) without success. Armed with the correct term, I found the product in seconds.

Re: Figma AI

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Post by bagels »

karaterobot wrote: post #3

Watching the keynote, the feature where it spits out a design based on a prompt seems like a gimmick. If it doesn't work with MY design system (as opposed to curated design systems like MUI or Bootstrap or whatever) then it's useless. It's also probably not ready to design complex applications, as opposed to brochure websites and apps that fit into very common templates. The AI-powered search features seem really pro…

I'm not a designer and I don't have a design system, but if this lets me build wireframes that I can hand off, that would save me a ton of time.
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