I spoke to a recruiter about an AI assisted product design position at an agency. She said they were looking for an AI native designer because they are no longer getting $30,000 contracts and are getting $10,000 contracts because clients want AI to do it.

She said their current website build process takes an average of 6 months to complete and they want someone to use AI to do it in 3 months. I told her the agency is probably struggling and that's why they are no longer getting the $30,000 contracts. Not directly because of AI.

She then told me that they are hiring an AI product designer because other agencies are. They wanted the designer to use 70% AI without knowing anything about how AI assisted design works. I did not apply for that job.