Product design's future.

As a followup to the details and bigger picture of product design, I often think about the future of the field. With the advancements of AI, and the squeezing of purses in hiring, I wonder where this area of design will go.

The role may be just fine. Or it may become commoditized, pushing down the value of any individual contributor, and lowering the value of the career for interested designers. On the other hand the role may expand, with designers picking up AI tools, or moving more into product management and development.

As someone with a diverse background in design, development, and product, I often wonder if there will be more of a blending of these roles, and the designer of the new world will just be a person who creates based on market need.