Agent Users, New Design Team Structures, Team Dynamics, AI Chat Problems, Constraints Not Prompts

Dan and Nik talk about how to design for your next user being an agent, the impact of AI on team structure and dynamics, the challenge of memory and recall in conversation-based AI systems, and the shift towards AI experience design focused on constraints, not prompts. Chapters00:00 Your Next User is an Agent12:23 Rethinking the Shape of Design Teams in AI World17:03 The Impact of AI Efficiency on Team Interactions24:39 The Forgotten Conversation Problem in AI31:14 The End of Prompting: AI Experience Design with ConstraintsLINKSYour product has a new user. It’s not human.https://www.elenaverna.com/p/your-product-has-a-new-user-its-notRethinking the shape of design teams in an AI worldhttps://uxdesign.cc/rethinking-the-shape-of-design-teams-in-an-ai-world-82f986bf9a27The “Bug-Free” Workforce: How AI Efficiency Is Subtly Disrupting The Interactions That Build Strong Teamshttps://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/04/bug-free-workforce-ai-disrupting-teams/The forgotten conversation problem in AI chathttps://uxdesign.cc/the-forgotten-conversation-problem-in-ai-chat-4d3d0c3ea525The End of Prompting: Why the Future of AI Experience Design Is Constraint-Firsthttps://uxmag.com/articles/the-end-of-prompting-why-the-future-of-ai-experience-design-is-constraint-first