{"podcast":{"title":"AI and Design","slug":"ai-and-design-7655455","podcast_index_feed_id":7655455,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/8P3kTQz9.rss","website_url":"https://aianddesignpod.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/69f15511-89b5-4982-b85a-4deb64c4699f/logos/9dd5c6c1-00db-4a94-9d14-bf53aa6e417c.jpeg","author":"Dan Saffer and Nik Martelaro","episode_count":23,"summary":"Two Carnegie Mellon faculty explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of design. Each week, we'll break down the latest AI developments, dive deep into AI topics that matter to designers, and talk with fascinating guests who are right at the intersection of these fields. All views expressed are our own and not reflective of Carnegie Mellon or the Human-Computer Interaction Institute.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T04:18:44.869100+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-and-design-7655455"},"episode":{"title":"Agent Users, New Design Team Structures, Team Dynamics, AI Chat Problems, Constraints Not Prompts","slug":"agent-users-new-design-team-structures-team-dynamics-ai-chat-problems-constraints-not-prompts","published_at":"2026-05-05T14:53:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-and-design-7655455/agent-users-new-design-team-structures-team-dynamics-ai-chat-problems-constraints-not-prompts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-and-design-7655455","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/b112986f85166079bfb09cff15c8fc4641b30aa058c3bdedf08a056f998a8f65/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI5ODZiYzhjZi0wYTg0LTRmMDQtYWY3Ny0zODdkMjdiOTZmYTkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2OWYxNTUxMS04OWI1LTQ5ODItYjg1YS00ZGViNjRjNDY5OWYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NjhlOGUyODQ1ZGNmNDdmODQ0YjZlZDQiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlmOWZlZGU3MmE5MDkxMWZkNWIzODUxL2Rlc2lnbmluZy1haS1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTUtNV9fMTYtMjktNTAubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/b112986f85166079bfb09cff15c8fc4641b30aa058c3bdedf08a056f998a8f65/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI5ODZiYzhjZi0wYTg0LTRmMDQtYWY3Ny0zODdkMjdiOTZmYTkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2OWYxNTUxMS04OWI1LTQ5ODItYjg1YS00ZGViNjRjNDY5OWYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NjhlOGUyODQ1ZGNmNDdmODQ0YjZlZDQiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlmOWZlZGU3MmE5MDkxMWZkNWIzODUxL2Rlc2lnbmluZy1haS1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTUtNV9fMTYtMjktNTAubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"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 https://uxmag.com/articles/the-end-of-prompting-why-the-future-of-ai-experience-design-is-constraint-first","meta_description":"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 recal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ai-and-design-7655455/episodes/agent-users-new-design-team-structures-team-dynamics-ai-chat-problems-constraints-not-prompts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-and-design-7655455/agent-users-new-design-team-structures-team-dynamics-ai-chat-problems-constraints-not-prompts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}