AI raised the ceiling, but the fundamentals of UX remain the same

Hey Reader, I've been thinking a lot lately about what actually separates designers who grow through this AI moment from those who feel swept along by it. Two things keep coming up in mentoring calls and in the work I've been reading: taste and self-awareness. The gems this issue land in that space — what AI changes, the psychology behind the products we make, to the metrics that help us understand if the work we're doing is actually moving things forward. In today's email: The AI identity...