Episode

Deep Dive: AI Skills (with Google's MC Dean)

Podcast: AI and Design
Published: Apr 28, 2026
Duration seconds: 2858
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Google's MC Dean, the author of over 100 AI skills for designers on everything from accessibility to moods, joins Nik and Dan to talk about Skills: how to make them, how to use them, and what the future of them could be. LINKS MC Dean on Substack https://marieclairedean.substack.com/ MC Dean on Github https://github.com/owl-listener Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman book https://amzn.to/4sYGQek