NOTHING HAS CHANGED OTHER THAN HOW WE TALK ABOUT IT

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Agentic AI can dramatically speed up the research and problem-definition phases of Design Thinking by analyzing assumptions, synthesizing evidence, and pressure-testing ideas, but human judgment remains essential for validating outputs and making design decisions. Rather than replacing designers, AI shifts their role from generating information to evaluating evidence, challenging assumptions, and deciding what should be built.