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In a conversation with All-In Podcast co-host David Friedberg, Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field proposed that "design is the new code": AI lowers the barrier to production, but the ceiling is raised by humans, and differentiation depends on design and point of view. He also announced that Figma's code layers have entered open beta, allowing teams to explore on the canvas and build prototypes backed by code.
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Dylan Field proposes that AI lowers the barrier to creation, but the ceiling is raised by people
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Figma CEO Dylan Field in conversation with David Friedberg: What role does human creativity play in the AI era?
Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field, in a conversation with All-In Podcast co-host David Friedberg, proposed that "design is the new code": AI has lowered the barrier to production, but the ceiling is raised by humans, and differentiation must come from design and point of view. He also announced that Figma's code layers have entered open beta, allowing teams to explore on the canvas and build code-backed prototypes.