Agent Users, New Design Team Structures, Team Dynamics, AI Chat Problems, Constraints Not Prompts
Show notes
Dan and Nik talk about how to design for your next user being an agent, the impact of AI on team structure and dynamics, the challenge of memory and recall in conversation-based AI systems, and the shift towards AI experience design focused on constraints, not prompts.
Chapters
- 00:00 Your Next User is an Agent
- 12:23 Rethinking the Shape of Design Teams in AI World
- 17:03 The Impact of AI Efficiency on Team Interactions
- 24:39 The Forgotten Conversation Problem in AI
- 31:14 The End of Prompting: AI Experience Design with Constraints
LINKS
Your product has a new user. It’s not human.
https://www.elenaverna.com/p/your-product-has-a-new-user-its-not
Rethinking the shape of design teams in an AI world
https://uxdesign.cc/rethinking-the-shape-of-design-teams-in-an-ai-world-82f986bf9a27
The “Bug-Free” Workforce: How AI Efficiency Is Subtly Disrupting The Interactions That Build Strong Teams
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/04/bug-free-workforce-ai-disrupting-teams/
The forgotten conversation problem in AI chat
https://uxdesign.cc/the-forgotten-conversation-problem-in-ai-chat-4d3d0c3ea525
The End of Prompting: Why the Future of AI Experience Design Is Constraint-First