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I think calling design deliverables 'artifacts' is a misnomer. A 10 page document that nobody will ever read is not some artifact. The only reason it would be called that is because in 200 years someone will put it in a museum to ask why the previous generations were wasting so much time.

Especially because I see so many folks talking about using AI to generate 10x more 'artifacts', and arguing that therefore they are 10x more productive. 10x of documents nobody reads it's 10 x 0 = 0

When folks say they have 10x'd their productivity with AI, most of the time this is what is actually happening:

It's no surprise that we are seeing the result of this issue now: A lot of tokens being used with lots of cost, but not much to show for it. The problem, of course, isn't directly AI. It's management. AI has amplified the issues of bad management, and lays them bare much more quickly.