What about the robots?

In the age of AI and automated charting tools, you might wonder: Why learn D3?

Can’t we just ask a robot to “make me a bar chart”? While AI is great at generating boilerplate code, data visualization is as much about storytelling and precision as it is about code.

The Human Touch

D3 allows you to create visualizations that are:

• Unique: Move beyond standard templates.
• Explainable: You know exactly why every pixel is where it is.
• Interactive: Create custom behaviors that LLMs haven’t seen before.

We aren’t just drawing charts; we are building mental models for our users. Robots can help us write the SVG paths, but we decide the narrative.