designers when using Claude, as opposed to engineers using Claude,

would consistently get better results.

And it's because of the language that they use.

We have to remember that design in the European sense

came from royalty and the desire to be distinctive

because they were working with scarce materials.

What's interesting about this era is that this idea of taste doesn't fit when all the materials

available to everyone.

Right now everybody's trying to solve whether LLMs have taste.

These models have millions of definitions of taste.

LLMs have been trained on the output of humanity, not on the input.

So what led to a design decision is not something that the other ones know.

Maybe advice for our design engineers in the room.

How have you in the past effectively communicated the value of an instinct versus a deadline or even another instinct which may be less important?

Yeah, that's a tough one because AI is making it easier than ever to create software. But what happens to design

when anyone can generate an interface, a website, or an application with a prompt? Some argue that

AI will commoditize design. Others believe it will make great design even more valuable by

automating routine work and freeing people to focus on higher

order creative decisions. In this conversation, A16Z general partner Anisha Charya sits down

with Microsoft VP of Design, John Mehta, and impeccable founder and CEO Paul Backus to discuss

design, software, creativity, and what happens when AI becomes part of the creative process.

I want to actually talk a little bit about perhaps to begin with the relationship between design and technology.

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