Belsky: Product designers are more important, not less, in the AI era
Scott Belsky · Roundtable #7: Spotify, Adobe and Linkedin on How AI Changes The Future of Product & Design | E1097 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Dec 20, 2023 · at 20:20
Scott Belsky is Chief Product Officer and EVP at Adobe. He discusses product design priorities and user experience when integrating AI technology.
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“It's not the technology that makes us successful. It's the user's experience of the technology that makes us successful. And that's why I think the role of designers is more important, not less important in this modern world.”
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