{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"State of Play","title":"Ben Blumenrose: He Sees How 50+ Design Teams Use AI. Most Are Doing It Wrong.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2d51d2a7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2754,"description":"Ben Blumenrose runs Designer Fund, which means he doesn't just see one team figure out AI, he sees how 50+ design teams across the portfolio are absorbing it. This conversation covers what happens when the floor rises, what AI fluency actually looks like inside companies, why the AI ops role is emerging earlier than anyone expected, and how Ben is thinking about keeping his own kids away from the tools — for now.Get the UX Tools Newsletter (written by me)Join 100,000+ designers for weekly insights on creative software and the people shaping it: https://uxtools.coCHAPTERS:1:05 — Process flexibility and conflicting signals2:27 — What Designer Fund's portfolio is actually doing with AI5:34 — Enterprise adoption: Carvana vs eBay6:40 — The AI ops role emerging at hire #49:59 — AI Imagineer and redesigning how designers work12:12 — Junior designers vs early career talent16:09 — AI native vs AI fluency21:05 — The 19% slower problem and the factory floor22:12 — The T-shaped designer gets wider and deeper25:21 — Evaluating AI fluency in hiring28:25 — Where the tools are now vs nine months ago30:06 — The floor is high but the ceiling still matters31:29 — Moral panic and the value of exceptional designers33:27 — Does the designer-founder thesis still hold?35:28 — VC path in a world where one person = a team37:13 — Phantom competency: extraordinary person or extraordinary tools?40:24 — Keeping kids away from AI and the Tin Can phone45:14 — Closing: the bar is moving sidewaysLINKS:Designer Fund: https://designerfund.comBen Blumenrose on X: https://x.com/benblumenroseFOLLOW ME:Newsletter: https://uxtools.coX / Twitter: https://x.com/tommygeocoLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tommygeoco","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Q4goNjMCyLVJblsVd-hc65Y9xpTGIkbjq5L00Huluhg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTM4/NTdjYjhlYmI5NzU0/YjRlNDNkMjFiNDgy/NTRhNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}