Designers should not fear being replaced by AI, industry leaders say
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When design leaders frame AI as “the intern in the office,” they’re implicitly committing to human-in-the-loop workflows rather than full automation. If you run a creative team, the move now is to formalize review pipelines and metrics so AI output augments senior talent instead of quietly eroding quality.
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