S1E253 - The Feed & The Thread - September 21, 2026

We’re losing the language to critique AI actions, and today we ask who is actually responsible when those systems fail. Jeff Gothelf argues we must measure human impact rather than API calls, while Pavel Samsonov warns that anthropomorphizing models causes us to surrender our own critical agency. In The Thread, we see this tension play out in the community as designers struggle to inject humanity into bland AI-generated interfaces and push back against unsustainable industry expectations.

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Assigning agency to AI means surrendering your own (Pavel Samsonov) — Anthropomorphizing AI models causes professionals to stop...