Euclid HATES him! Local researcher discovers one weird trick to disprove Erdős conjecture
earnestly though, you should watch @slaterstich 's and @BainCapVC 's new series /begin{proof}
Very excited to share our interview with @polynoamial on AI for math — the Erdős unit distance problem, saturating the IMO, the future of math research, and more!
“What aesthetic is this?” My newest @itsnicethat column is about visual trend culture online, the rise of taxonomic warfare, and what gets flattened when culture becomes searchable infrastructure 🏷️https://t.co/AdcEWAnZDq
Ok I’ll bite. 1/ Feels like a very narrow definition of design is doing a lot of work here, and 2/ AI accelerates that last mile of execution (great!) but deciding what should exist, how it works, and why anyone would care has always been ~ and will continue to be ~ the job!
DESIGN: THE FIRST AI CASUALTY
I'm increasingly sure that 2026 signals the end of product design as a full-fledged stand-alone function within companies. If so, it will be the first role / function to be eliminated by AI on a go-forward basis.
Instead of hiring FT designers, startups are hiring / will hire design consultants to create a design system that the founder likes (this takes a few weeks max). Once the design system is finalized, PM/Eng feed it into their AI tool of choice to generate prototypes. The design system is refreshed annually by the same consultant.
Larger companies will likely not backfill design roles and will do some targeted attrition to reduce the design department to 20% the size it is today.
If you're a designer, I think you have two choices:
1. Become an entrepreneur: Start a design agency and become the go-to resource for design systems for startups and even larger companies. This can be a good recurring revenue business.
2. Become a builder: Add PM/Eng responsibilities to become a product builder.
Would suggest you embrace this proactively vs waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I'm really sorry about this - some of my best friends and the people I admire most and have learnt the most from are designers - but it seems inevitable.