Personally, I think AI has definitely given us more options in terms of how we create and present design, but I don’t think it fundamentally changes the basics of design communication. AI can help us create better visuals much faster and more easily, but people will still like or dislike the result just as they did before. So in the end, I think it still comes down to who your audience is, what you want to communicate, and how you choose to present it. AI simply adds another option to that process. No matter how advanced filmmaking technology becomes, we don’t judge a movie purely by a few impressive visuals or by the technology used to make them. We judge the movie as a whole. I think automotive design is quite similar. We communicate a design through sketches, images, 3D, animation, and many other forms of content, but ultimately what matters most is whether the design and the story you are presenting are actually compelling. One thing I do think becomes more important with AI is differentiation. AI is gradually lowering technical barriers. Things that previously required a lot of time, effort, or specific technical skills are becoming accessible to almost everyone. As that technical gap gets smaller, I think the differentiation that comes purely from execution will also become smaller. So when everyone has access to similar tools and similar capabilities, what differentiates the work is probably not the tool itself, but your taste and judgement — what you create, what you choose, and how you present it. So I guess my conclusion is quite similar to Max’s: the tools may change, but ultimately it still comes down to the person using them.

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To use Astra for Blender workflows, you need at least the Plus subscription ($23/month). However, Blender tasks do tend to consume a significant number of tokens. In any case, I tested various workflows—including Blender and VRED—and found that Astra is indeed capable of handling them.