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AI and Design

Two Carnegie Mellon faculty explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of design. Each week, we'll break down the latest AI developments, dive deep into AI topics that matter to designers, and talk with fascinating guests who are right at the intersection of these fields.All views expressed are our own and not reflective of Carnegie Mellon or the Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

Website ↗ Last published 28 October 2026 40 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on AI and Design

“Teaching people about sycophancy did not reduce the persuasive power of sycophantic chatbots. So even if people knew that a chatbot was being obviously sycophantic, they were still equally persuaded by it. … A lot of these individual level interventions that just put the onus fully on the individual aren't going to work very well. I think that honestly, model changes is probably what we need.” — Steve Rathje, AI and Design
Steve Rathje · 30 Sep 2026 Listen →
“a junior with a really good AI stack is indistinguishable from a mid-level person with a really good AI stack.” — Andy Budd, AI and Design
Andy Budd · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →
“We are moving to a world of dark product teams where the product team is an AI that does all this for you.” — Andy Budd, AI and Design
Andy Budd · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

AI and Design is hosted by Dan Saffer .

Recent Episodes

  1. 28 Oct 2026

    Structured AI Context, How PMs are Being Affected by AI, A Conversation with Junior Designers

  2. 22 Oct 2026

    OpenAI's Intelligent UI, Facebook's Your Algorithm, AI Relationship Quality (ARQ)

  3. 13 Oct 2026

    Live at IxDA Pittsburgh - How to be a designer in 2027

  4. 7 Oct 2026

    The Fastest Gun in the West, Multiplayer AI, Serious AI Products & Jeremy Belcher

    With Jeremy Belcher

  5. 30 Sep 2026

    AI Sychophancy with Steve Rathje

    With Steve Rathje

  6. 22 Sep 2026

    Google CC, Controlling Image Generators, and Planning with Agents

  7. 16 Sep 2026

    Apple's Siri AI and Audio Intelligence, Project Solaris, Miro Sale, AI Tool Building

  8. 2 Sep 2026

    Episode 33: Mobbin MCP, Perplexity Computer, Design Ledgers

  9. 25 Aug 2026

    Figma Make Time Savings, LLM Bias Affects Designers, Target's AI/UX Bid, EasyCircuit

  10. 18 Aug 2026

    Deep Dive: Andy Budd on the Future of the Design Industry

    With Andy Budd

  11. 11 Aug 2026

    Summer 2026 Hot Takes

  12. 4 Aug 2026

    Deep Dive: 2026 Figma AI Report with Figma's Andrew Hogan and Shane Johnston

    With Andrew Hogan and Shane Johnston

Guests

Sauvik Das , Louise Macfadyen , Ryan Freitas , Jeremy Belcher , Greg Petroff , Llewyn Paine , MC Dean , Thom Rimmer , Dan Maccarone , Shane Johnson , Andy Budd , Kim Lenox , and 13 more.