Silber: AI designers shouldn't be precious until technology hardens
Ian Silber · Chatbots are not the final interface: OpenAI’s Head of Design on what’s next | Ian Silber · Aug 16, 2026 · at 35:04
Ian Silber, Head of Product Design at OpenAI, discusses how rapid AI capability shifts require designers to abandon perfectionism until product capabilities stabilize.
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“I think the biggest thing is like embracing that the technology might change in like a month or, you know, and maybe a certain interaction or setting or whatever that you needed Doesn't need to exist, or now a new one does need to exist, or a new capability is there, or the latency profile has changed such that you can, like, rethink this, or whatever. All these capabilities are changing, or the intelligence has changed, or, and so you have to be just, like, really quick on your feet, and maybe not be so precious about it until it's at the point where, okay, this is kind of hardened. Like, we don't think that this is necessarily going to Change tomorrow because of the technology. So let's make this the best it can possibly be.”
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