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OpenAI’s Head of Design: This is the best time in history to be a designer | Ian Silber

With Lenny Rachitsky, Ian Silber · Sunday, August 16, 2026

Lenny Rachitsky discusses his survey finding designers as the unhappiest in tech, a sentiment Ian Silber attributes to uncertainty surrounding AI's impact on their roles. Despite this, Silber argues that the current era presents the greatest opportunity for designers, emphasizing adaptability, curiosity, and systems thinking. The conversation delves into the evolving design process at OpenAI, the blurring lines between product, design, and engineering, and the challenges of designing for a vast user spectrum with AI's 'super app' vision.