What John Bai thinks about creativity
Designer at SpaceXAI in New York working on Grok Bot, and the first New York design hire at Cursor.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what John Bai has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAnd I think that's why seeing bits and pieces of it shine in the final deliverable matters so much. Like you said, right, the the initial hexagonal guy with two eyes, uh, that's not an art direction. That was something that was a seed that was planted that made his way into the final, you know, brand idea. And it feels good to be a part of that. I think you just can't be precious about your concepts anymore.
↗John Bai - The Grok Bot design journeyyoutube.com 16th of 20 in this recording