# Opinion Column

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## The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI

DevFeed: [The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-bull-and-bear-case-for-digital-design-in-the-age-of-ai-4296.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/07/bull-and-bear-case-digital-design-age-ai/>)

Author: hello@smashingmagazine.com (Andy Budd)

Published: 2026-07-29T13:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Articles on Smashing Magazine -- For Web Designers And Developers](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/articles-on-smashing-magazine-for-web-designers-and-developers.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [digital-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-design.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [opinion-column](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion-column.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [product-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-design.md>)

### AI overview

The article examines how AI may change digital design by giving designers more autonomy to prototype, test, and ship improvements without waiting for product or engineering permission. It presents both the potential benefits of that freedom and the risks of exposing gaps in design practice.

### Source excerpt

As AI reshapes product design, it could give designers greater autonomy or expose the gaps that autonomy makes harder to hide. Exploring both the bull and bear cases, Andy Budd examines what happens when designers need less permission to act.

## The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity

DevFeed: [The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-impact-of-humanoid-robots-on-humanity-4292.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/06/impact-humanoid-robots-humanity/>)

Author: hello@smashingmagazine.com (Carrie Webster)

Published: 2026-06-12T08:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Articles on Smashing Magazine -- For Web Designers And Developers](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/articles-on-smashing-magazine-for-web-designers-and-developers.md>)

Topics: [Humanoid Robots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/humanoid-robots.md>), [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [humanoid-robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/humanoid-robots.md>), [inspiration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inspiration.md>), [opinion-column](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion-column.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [prototypes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototypes.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>), [robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robots.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

### AI overview

Humanoid robots are moving from demonstrations and research prototypes into commercial factory deployments, while advances in artificial intelligence are making them more capable of learning tasks by observing humans. Their increasing realism and autonomy may create significant social, psychological, economic, and ethical challenges as the distinction between humans and machines becomes harder to perceive.

### Source excerpt

We have officially moved past the era of humanoid robots as mere public relations stunts. As they become increasingly lifelike, society may soon face profound social, psychological, and ethical challenges. What happens when the boundary between humans and machines becomes almost impossible to distinguish?