AI isn’t replacing UX/UI design. It’s shifting where designers create value, from producing artifacts to defining context. AI can generate interfaces, but only when it has clear constraints, structured systems, and well-defined intent to work within.
This is where design becomes more strategic. Designers are now responsible for encoding product logic and governance into systems that are both human and machine readable, defining the boundaries and rules AI can reliably operate within.
In my own work, I’ve explored this through agentic design systems and workflows that generate code from design and design from code, bringing design closer to engineering and demanding a deeper understanding of how systems are built, not just how they look.