IT’S ME. I’M THE ONE COMING FOR YOUR JOB.

Brady Starr
2 min readApr 1, 2025

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A digital painting of a man with a beard and confident expression, partially transformed into a cybernetic humanoid. The left side of his face and body features glowing blue circuitry and robotic plating, while the right side remains human, wearing a red patterned shirt. He is raising one finger, emphasizing a point. The background is a moody, textured blend of teal and orange tones.
Me and AI. Not against it — infused with it. The future is creative, and I’m already building it.

I’ve been an artist my whole life.

Not the kind that casually dabbles. Not the kind who paints for fun on weekends.
The kind that starved for it. The kind that worked three side hustles to keep creating.
The kind that kept showing up for art even when art didn’t show up for me.

I’ve struggled. I still do.

But something shifted.

AI happened.

Suddenly — doors that had always been bolted shut cracked open.
Tools that once belonged only to the privileged now sat in front of me,
glowing, humming, waiting.

And I picked them up.

I started making better work, faster. Sharper ideas, bigger visions. Things I once couldn’t afford to make — video, music, design, full-blown experiences — I could now draft in hours. I built things people said I needed a team of ten for.

Let me say it again, clearly:
AI is coming for your job.

And I’m the one who will be using it.

Not a suit in a corner office.
Not a billionaire bro with a VC fund.
Not a faceless company automating you out of relevance.

Me.
The artist who never had access.
The designer who learned on cracked software and pirated tutorials.
The creative who figured out how to do it anyway.

I will be generous with this power. I always am.
I will show others how to use these tools. I already do.
I will share, uplift, include — as many people as I can bring along, I will.

But make no mistake.
I’m coming. Me and AI.

And if you’re smart, you’ll come with us.

Because the future isn’t about man vs machine.
It’s about the people who understand the machine — and the ones who get left behind.

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Brady Starr
Brady Starr

Written by Brady Starr

Documenting my journey into the wild world of UX Design in a time of AI

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