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#159 Beyond the Copilot: The 4 AI Patterns Every Designer Should Know

Most teams default to chat when they think about adding AI to a product. But chat is just one pattern — and often not the right one. In this episode, Patricia breaks down the four AI interaction patterns every designer needs to know: Advisor, Generator, Agent, and Orchestrator. Each one has a completely different UX logic, a different failure mode, and a different answer to the one question that matters most: who carries the risk when the AI is wrong?

Key Learnings:

There are four distinct ways AI can show up in a product — and most teams only ever reach for one

Each pattern has a different…

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