"I was experimenting with Bolt, Cursor, and Figma Make. I wasn't trying to prove a point, just testing and exploring. Then I watched them: generate a full flow in seconds, fix spacing and layout without me touching a single frame, rewrite UI copy that looked better than my first drafts, translate a quick sketch into a clean interface. All the grunt work - gone."
"I had a moment of stillness where it hit me:If these tools can do this today, what will they do in six months? In one year? What will be left of my role as a product designer if my value is execution? Everywhere we go, We hear reassuring things like below: ''AI is not going to replace design, a person using AI will.'' "AI won't replace designers, it will supercharge them." - "Think of AI as a skill and add it to your skillset." Times of India(Design up conference All of these, feel really positive, nice and motivational. But they are incomplete."
I experimented with Bolt, Cursor, and Figma Make and observed them generate complete flows, fix spacing and layout without manual frame edits, rewrite UI copy, and translate sketches into clean interfaces. The tools removed much of the repetitive execution work that typically occupies design time. The sudden disappearance of grunt tasks prompted concern about the future capability of these tools over months and years. The potential for rapid advancement raises the question of what remains of a product designer's role when primary value is execution. Common reassurances about AI augmenting rather than replacing designers feel positive but incomplete.
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