Are We Losing Our Professional Identities in the Age of AI?

In this episode of The Recursive Roundtable, three practitioners unpack where AI truly adds value — and where it doesn’t. They focus on practical implementation, human judgment, and the guardrails needed to keep quality high.

We examine how to start with AI the right way (individual productivity tools vs. team-wide process changes vs. building ML products, and why not every problem is a fit), how to protect human intent and quality in content and decision-making (avoiding generative sameness, using clear context and strong first drafts), and what AI can and can’t do in product design/UX.

GUESTS
Zamina Ahmad, AI & ML Product Leader, CEO @ shades&contrast
Ioana Teleanu, Founder & Design Consultant, ex-Miro & UiPath @ AI-R Design Studio, ex-Miro
Andrew Mende, Senior Product Manager Machine Learning @ Booking.com

CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet the Guests!
03:07 AI's Role in Content Creation
04:27 Navigating Role Changes with AI
08:28 AI Implementation for Companies
10:50 Is AI a Good Fit for Every Problem?
11:34 The Hybrid Approach to Content Generation
14:28 Addressing AI Slop
17:16 AI-Generated Designs in the Industry
20:55 Utilizing AI Assistants
24:56 Thoughts on AGI
30:07 The Critical Need for AI Literacy and Education in Companies
32:45 Navigating AI: Regulations, Critical Thinking, and Human Uniqueness
35:29 The Power of Intuition and Metacognition in the Age of AI