AGAINST CLEVERNESS

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

As AI and other complex technologies spread, good design must focus on resilience, transparency, and recovery rather than blaming individuals or chasing peak performance. AI amplifies latent errors, deskills humans, and fails unpredictably, so systems should limit autonomy, preserve human accountability, define clear boundaries, and be designed to fail safely—aiming not for smarter systems, but wiser ones that understand their limits.