How to scale intent, quality, and artistry with Al | Katie Dill (Stripe) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)

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Language models are good at giving the most probable answer and less good at giving what is original or specific to a brand and its users.

Their wordsLLMs are really good at telling you the most probable answer, which essentially means that they're able to tell you what has been or is popular now, what has worked, what was in style. They're less good at telling you what's original or specific to you, your brand, and your users context.
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AI makes work feel finished very fast, too often prematurely.

Their wordsAI makes things feel finished really really fast all too often prematurely.
3 min later
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People building with AI need a point of view of their own, or the AI will supply one.

Their wordsFirst one, you have to have a point of view. If you don't, AI will give it for you.
2 min later
7:26 · watch on youtube.com↗

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How something was made should not change its quality bar, because users care whether it is good, not how it was made.

Their wordsWhy should that matter how it was made? It doesn't matter to the users how it was made. It matters to them if it's good or not.
2 min later
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The object of design is no longer the screen but the system itself.

Their wordsSo, the object of design is no longer the screen. It is the system itself.
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Design systems used to scale consistency; now they need to scale intent.

Their wordsNow, the old system scaled consistency, but the new system needs to scale intent.
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Now that building is cheap, filtering has to happen after the build, which makes an editor's role ultra important.

Their wordsBut the filtering that used to be throughout the process now needs to happen post build when it is a lot harder to say no. This is where the role of an editor comes in and it is ultra important in this day and age.
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Teams have to unlearn that built means done and that done means good.

Their wordsIt's a new behavior. We have to unlearn that built means done and that done means good.
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AI can manufacture monotony, but it is also the greatest creative catalyst there has ever been.

Their wordsYes, AI can help us manufacture monotony, but it is also the greatest creative catalyst we've ever had.
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It is time to invent new interfaces and new aesthetics; the best practices have not been written yet.

Their wordsIt is time to invent new interfaces. It is time to invent new aesthetics. The best practices have not been written yet.
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Leaders should not just tell their teams to use AI but give them room to explore.

Their wordsSo, if you're leading a team, don't just tell them to use AI, but give them room to explore. Protect the strange.
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Using AI only to make existing things faster misses its most interesting part: it can raise the ceiling, not just the floor.

Their wordsIf we only use AI to make the things that we already make just faster, then we are definitely missing out on the most interesting part. AI can help us raise the ceiling, not just the floor.