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Andy Budd argues that AI tools have hurt mid-level designers more than juniors or seniors, because a few years of experience plus a good AI workflow now matches what used to take a decade to build. He frames this as the real casualty of the AI shift in design careers.
Andy Budd was describing how design and product decisions could become fully automated, drawing a parallel to lights-out manufacturing plants where robots work without humans present. He argues design and product management are heading the same way.