We're confronting the mirage of UX's demise while asking if our ethics can hold the line as AI agents take over complex tasks. From Luis Berumen Castro's argument that empathy remains essential to Alissa Tyrangiel's new tools for inspecting the AI black box, we explore how to prove design's value when users say one thing but do another. As the line between smart optimization and dark patterns blurs, we must decide if we are designing for fairness or just the bottom line.
