# Leading design through the AI shift

DevFeed: [Leading design through the AI shift](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/leading-design-through-the-ai-shift-9144.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://slack.design/articles/leading-design-through-the-ai-shift/>)

Author: andyacevedo

Published: 2026-05-21T16:47:34Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Slack Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/slack-design.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Data analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-analysis.md>), [Low-Code / Internal Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-tools.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-tools.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [data-analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-analysis.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [internal-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internal-tools.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

A Slack Design leader describes how AI is changing the team's design workflow, including the use of coding agents for data analysis and rapid prototyping, code-based demos, and designer-built internal tools. The article emphasizes combining AI tools with human judgment and taste while acknowledging increased stress, uncertainty, and ethical questions.

## Source excerpt

AI has eaten the technology industry. What started as a slow, hallucination-prone chatbot has become something much harder to ignore. As a designer, it can feel like the ground is shifting under your feet, quietly at first, then all at once. Every week, something new disrupts your workflow, your toolset, your expectations about what's possible. [...] The post Leading design through the AI shift appeared first on Slack Design.