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AI design apps made my new apartment look odd
AI design apps didn’t redesign my apartment.
As expected, after suggesting storage solutions, Ikea wanted me to buy its products, so I gave it rough measurements of the spot and told it I would love items evoking a midcentury modern feel but with dark wood. It’s very limited for free users; before I subscribed, I could only upload my photo and tap the quick redesign button to generate a generic design filled with white and black furniture and zero character. The new photo it created felt closer to a real room with a distinct style than those I got with the other apps, although some of its choices could be weird — like putting some sort of table thing on top of the cylinder it transformed my electric fan into.
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