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Visual Skills Deprecation Radar: AI-Powered Career Future-Proofing

Creative professionals wake up to find their hard-earned skills replaced by AI overnight. This platform monitors technology trends, job postings, and AI capabilities to predict which creative skills will thrive vs. decline—and builds personalized learning roadmaps.

App Concept

  • AI scans 500K+ job postings daily to track demand shifts for creative skills (e.g., photo retouching ↓, AI art direction ↑)
  • Machine learning model analyzes new AI tool capabilities (Midjourney, Runway, Sora) to predict skill automation risk
  • Personal "skill deprecation score" for your portfolio with timeline estimates (safe for 2 years, at risk by 2027)
  • Custom learning paths showing which emerging skills to prioritize based on your current expertise
  • Weekly "Skill Shift Report" newsletter with market intelligence and proactive recommendations

Core Mechanism

  • NLP analysis of 100K+ creative job postings per week extracts required skills and compensation trends
  • Computer vision model evaluates AI tool outputs to assess quality vs. human work across disciplines
  • GitHub/product launch tracking identifies emerging creative tools before they hit mainstream
  • Personalized dashboard shows your skills on a "Thriving → Declining" spectrum with supporting data
  • Integration with learning platforms (Coursera, Skillshare, Domestika) suggests specific courses
  • Peer benchmarking shows how your skill portfolio compares to top earners in your niche
  • Forecasting engine predicts 3-year demand trajectories using time series analysis

Monetization Strategy

  • Free tier: Basic skill deprecation scores with monthly updates
  • Pro ($19/month): Weekly updates, personalized learning paths, job market alerts, portfolio gap analysis
  • Team/Agency ($79/month): Team skill audits, hiring recommendations, training budget optimization
  • Enterprise ($299/month): Custom skill taxonomy, competitive intelligence, workforce planning tools
  • Affiliate revenue from learning platform referrals (20-30% commission on course sales)
  • B2B partnerships with creative agencies for workforce planning subscriptions

Viral Growth Angle

  • "My design skill is 73% automated—here's what I'm learning instead" shareable infographic posts
  • Free "Skill Automation Risk Calculator" that goes viral during AI panic news cycles
  • Quarterly "State of Creative Skills" research reports featured in industry publications
  • LinkedIn thought leadership content: "5 Creative Skills AI Can't Replace (Yet)"
  • Creator partnerships with YouTube educators showing their own skill adaptation journeys
  • Slack bot that posts daily skill trend updates in design/creative community channels

Existing projects

Evaluation Criteria

  • Emotional Trigger: Limit risk (career obsolescence), be prescient (see future before peers), be indispensable (develop irreplaceable skills)
  • Idea Quality: Rank: 9/10 - High emotional intensity (career anxiety) + large addressable market + urgent need
  • Need Category: Growth & Mastery Needs (Self-Actualization) + Stability & Opportunity Needs (Career Security)
  • Market Size: 50M+ creative professionals globally facing AI disruption; $300B+ creative education market
  • Build Complexity: High - requires web scraping at scale, NLP job analysis, AI capability tracking, forecasting models, LMS integrations
  • Time to MVP: 10-14 weeks with AI coding agents; needs significant data pipeline infrastructure and model training
  • Key Differentiator: Only platform combining real-time job market analysis, AI capability tracking, and personalized career forecasting specifically for creative professionals