WorkBuddy's Boundaries: Thoughts from Manufacturing Synthetic Data and Alternative Design Tools

I've been thinking about this question for the past few days. A couple of days ago, I scrolled through a roundup of generative AI tools for manufacturing. It mentioned OV Auto-Defect Creator Studio, saying it can generate hundreds of synthetic variants from just a few real defect images, compressing model training time from weeks down to hours. I stared at that description for a long time—not because it had anything to do with my UI design work—but because it made me realize something: AI tools in the industrial sector have already moved toward "generating training data," while us designers are still wrestling with AI over "how many pixels should the corner radius be on this button."