AI Raises the Floor, Not the Ceiling: Cultivating Design Taste in Engineers
round · x · 2026-08-04
Originating from talks at the AI Engineer conference, this article explores how engineers should cultivate "taste" when AI can instantly generate plausible interfaces.
- AI's Limitation: While AI lowers the barrier by providing a competent first draft quickly, it often relies on common patterns, lacking deep thought about the product's core value.
- Human Value: True craft lies in reviewing, comparing, and iterating on that initial output. Engineers must apply the same judgment used in coding trade-offs to visual decisions.
- Rejecting Slop: Publishing unpolished AI first drafts is careless; good creation requires deep human-AI iteration.
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