I’ve worked with the founder at a previous place and I’d give him the benefit of the doubt on the AI thing. I’m positive they will eventually try to do some tricky stuff with machine learning if they aren’t already.
I see a lot of comments mentioning how this doesn't need AI. I'd like to remind everyone that the ability to suggest layouts, modify layouts, and the other features probably aren't built with a bunch of 'if' statements...
I'm skeptical. Not because of the AI bit itself, but rather because I find the examples kind of... terrible?
This is just automating the addition of graphical noise to dilute the point of the presentation. This throws in a bunch of graphical structures that mean something, but in a context where that meaning is not intended. It does this to the point of making the slides literally illegible.
Graphical noise never had anything to do in presentation slides to begin with. Slides are supposed to be supportive material, it shouldn't muddy the point. (And it's a shame "presentation" has become synonymous with "presentation slides" as though they were the same thing. Talk about effective marketing by the PowerPoint team.)
Yes, some people spend senseless amount of time adjusting the graphical noise in their slides, but the solution is to stop adding visual noise. The solution is not to automate the process of doing so, offshoring it to an AI.
Not only that, but they didn't actually do a good job convincing people of their added value. Maybe if they contrasted two presentation, one without the "AI" and another with it, and if it clearly showed the superiority of the latter, maybe it would convince somehow.
Also, calling something "beautiful" doesn't make it so.
Slides that design themselves – Developers of the world’s first technology of its kind, Beautiful.AI knows the rules of great design and applies heuristic techniques to build beautiful slides that respond to content in real-time, automatically adjusting the layout as needed to ensure visually stunning and consistent results.
Animations - Animations make storytelling more effective, but they’re difficult to build, so most people don’t bother trying. With Beautiful.AI, animations are automatically applied to the work in a meaningful and impactful way.
Less Is More - Great design requires restraint, and with presentations, less is definitely more. By constraining the amount of content on each slide, Beautiful.AI leaves room for stunning imagery that boosts message impact and keeps the audience engaged.
Images Matter – Beautiful.AI offers a rich assortment of royalty-free images, icons and logos readily available and searchable for users. This keeps slides visually consistent and helps users stay focused on content creation without having to open new tabs; search the web; or resize, cut or paste images.
Very impressive demo! As a management consultant who has spent plenty of time in macro-enhanced PowerPoint, I think this looks excellent. Too much high-wage time is wasted (either directly or instructing PowerPoint shops) on silly little things like aligning and coloring. My immediate concern with the product is that the automation will add friction to customizing non-template slides. Also concerned that something as simple as a table is Coming Soon. Will watch future development with interest!
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[ 12.2 ms ] story [ 959 ms ] threadI see a lot of comments mentioning how this doesn't need AI. I'd like to remind everyone that the ability to suggest layouts, modify layouts, and the other features probably aren't built with a bunch of 'if' statements...
This is just automating the addition of graphical noise to dilute the point of the presentation. This throws in a bunch of graphical structures that mean something, but in a context where that meaning is not intended. It does this to the point of making the slides literally illegible.
Graphical noise never had anything to do in presentation slides to begin with. Slides are supposed to be supportive material, it shouldn't muddy the point. (And it's a shame "presentation" has become synonymous with "presentation slides" as though they were the same thing. Talk about effective marketing by the PowerPoint team.)
Yes, some people spend senseless amount of time adjusting the graphical noise in their slides, but the solution is to stop adding visual noise. The solution is not to automate the process of doing so, offshoring it to an AI.
Also, calling something "beautiful" doesn't make it so.
The AI buzzword is fine for fundraising at the moment, but you will have also to create a relantioship of trust with your future users.
The Design AI link(https://www.beautiful.ai/#how-is-this-different) is broken.
I wish you all the best.
The product looks fine, but I would never use it, mostly due to the ridiculous 'AI' claim.
https://blog.beautiful.ai/series-b-announcement
Slides that design themselves – Developers of the world’s first technology of its kind, Beautiful.AI knows the rules of great design and applies heuristic techniques to build beautiful slides that respond to content in real-time, automatically adjusting the layout as needed to ensure visually stunning and consistent results.
Animations - Animations make storytelling more effective, but they’re difficult to build, so most people don’t bother trying. With Beautiful.AI, animations are automatically applied to the work in a meaningful and impactful way.
Less Is More - Great design requires restraint, and with presentations, less is definitely more. By constraining the amount of content on each slide, Beautiful.AI leaves room for stunning imagery that boosts message impact and keeps the audience engaged.
Images Matter – Beautiful.AI offers a rich assortment of royalty-free images, icons and logos readily available and searchable for users. This keeps slides visually consistent and helps users stay focused on content creation without having to open new tabs; search the web; or resize, cut or paste images.