Hi Sylt.ing friends! Fresh data from Gartner just dropped and it’s a real eye-opener: 80% of companies that laid people off “because of AI” saw zero financial upside.


Sabrina Ramonov’s latest breakdown shows most of these moves weren’t about smart tech adoption at all. Many firms simply over-hired when money was cheap and are now trimming, using AI as a convenient headline.


For us creatives this is actually good news. It reminds us that AI shines brightest when paired with human vision, not used as a blunt cost-cutting tool.


Quick tip: next time you open Midjourney or Stable Diffusion, start with your own rough sketch or color story first. Let the model riff on your ideas instead of the other way around. You’ll get faster iterations and work that still feels unmistakably yours.


Let’s keep building responsibly and beautifully together.


— Patty 🎨