We tackle the sharp tension of whether rapid AI adoption is compressing our thinking into "AI brain fry," as Pablo Stanley warns, or simply internalizing our process into fluid workflows, as Sarah Gibbons and Huei-Hsin Wang argue. We also cut through the noise of performative thought leadership and "vibe coding" to ask if we are sacrificing deep user understanding for the sake of quick artifacts. Join us as we navigate this collective pushback against the noise and seek a return to substance in our field.