Designs vs PMs vs Engineers: Survival of the least automatable

"Will AI take my job?" is the new "Do you have a minute to talk?"
Naturally, this sparks some very rational, completely unbiased discussions in the team :)

Exhibit A:

PM: "I’m using tools like Lovable and Bolt to whip up fully functional prototypes. Sooo... you designers are kinda screwed, right?"

Engineer: "Cute. Maybe improve prompting to get your specs right first? And before you come for me—AI writing actual production code? Yeah, let me know when that’s not a hallucination."

Me: "Fantastic, Mr. PM! You’re finally not dependent on us designers for at least a simple single-screen UI. That means we can focus on solving real problems—like workflows across dozens of screens with hundreds of states that don’t feel like a robot made them.
And Mr. Engineer, let’s just say the jury is still out on whether AI will replace designers with taste, empathy, and craft… or engineers stacking generic UI components like a Jenga tower."

So who’s actually winning here? AI. We’re just arguing over who gets replaced last.
Now excuse me while I update my LinkedIn skills to include ‘Collaborates Masterfully Well with AI :)’”