OpenAI's Head of Design: AI is already an incredible product designer
round · x · 2026-08-18
Lenny's Podcast sits down with OpenAI's Head of Design Ian Silber to discuss why designers are the unhappiest people in tech — and why he still thinks this is the best time in history to be one. Topics include his theory on designer unhappiness, his hot take that AI is already an incredible product designer, how OpenAI designs at two speeds, and his views on craft, taste, and what will be left for humans.
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