We’re building AI systems faster than we can define who’s responsible when they fail, creating a dangerous gap where everyone feels they’re doing their job but no one owns the outcome. Jeff Gothelf argues we must name a specific accountable human before automating decisions, while Pavel Samsonov warns that we’re inverting design by seeking solutions before defining problems. This tension is mirrored in the community, where we’re seeing hollow AI-generated conference talks and designers scrambling to save the entry-level craft that AI is eroding.
