We explore whether designers are trading portfolios for Python scripts as the industry shifts from showing work to building the intelligence that generates it. With Maxim Kich arguing that chat is the wrong interface for AI and Jeff Gothelf noting that storytelling is now a core survival skill, we question if we are designing for true intelligence or just automating mediocrity. This episode digs into the anxiety around the shelf life of visual skills and whether you should be building the house or writing the blueprint for the robot that builds it.