68: AI and Design: Fundamentals and The Future (ft. Dan Saffer)

About this episode

Dan Saffer joins the hosts to discuss the evolving landscape of design education in the age of AI.

Show Notes About the episode: Dan Saffer—designer, author, and CMU professor—joins Peter and Jesse to take stock of design education at a moment when everything is in flux. What’s worth teaching when the tools change weekly? How do you define quality when AI can spin up a passable prototype in minutes? And what are today’s […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Peter Merholz, Jesse James Garrett

Guest: Dan Saffer

Topics covered

• AI
• design education
• prototyping
• technology
• quality in design

Keywords

• AI
• design
• education
• prototyping
• technology
• quality
• Dan Saffer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CMU

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