The Designer in the Age of AI
Shifting from inspectors to system stewards
AI can review, compare, and suggest. What it can't do is care about the outcome.
As tools automate comparison and regression, designers shift from inspectors to orchestrators: defining the baseline, setting the standards, interpreting nuance, balancing trade-offs, and protecting coherence across systems.
In a world where machines can generate interfaces, intention is what designers bring that the tools don't.