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UXDX · Austin · Aug 20, 2026

UXDX Community:Austin: Maintaining Autonomy in the Age of AI

Date

Aug 20, 2026

18:30 - 20:15

Venue

Austin Tech Center

901 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702

Format

In-Person

America/Chicago

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Where product, design and engineering people meet to learn from real work.

Join Austin’s product and design community for two practical talks on maintaining judgement and autonomy in the age of AI. Adam Cutler explores how designers can work alongside AI without giving up the craft that shaped them, while Marivi Carlton shares the changes, trade-offs and unfinished thinking behind polished product outcomes.

Expect real case studies, candid lessons and a room of peers working through similar product-delivery challenges.

Hosted by

Daniel Fu
Lead Designer
Josh Kimmell
UXDX Ambassador

Agenda

Thu20 Aug

6:30 pm

In-Person only

Registration and Networking

Thu20 Aug

7:05 pm

In-Person only

What’s Yours to Keep: Designing Alongside AI Without Giving Up the Work That Made You a Designer

AI can accelerate design work, but it also raises a harder question: which parts of the craft should designers keep doing themselves? This talk explores how designers can work alongside AI while protecting the judgement, curiosity and hands-on practice that shaped them.

Adam Cutler

Chief Product Officer

Bast AI

Thu20 Aug

7:40 pm

In-Person only

Working on It: The Version History, Not the Highlight Reel

Product work is usually presented as a polished result, with the uncertainty and unfinished thinking removed. This talk looks at the version history instead: the changes, trade-offs and work in progress behind the final outcome.

Marivi Carlton

Senior Product Design Manager

Realtor.com

6:30pm

In-Person only

Registration and Networking

7:05pm

In-Person only

What’s Yours to Keep: Designing Alongside AI Without Giving Up the Work That Made You a Designer

AI can accelerate design work, but it also raises a harder question: which parts of the craft should designers keep doing themselves? This talk explores how designers can work alongside AI while protecting the judgement, curiosity and hands-on practice that shaped them.

Adam Cutler

Chief Product Officer

Bast AI

7:40pm

In-Person only

Working on It: The Version History, Not the Highlight Reel

Product work is usually presented as a polished result, with the uncertainty and unfinished thinking removed. This talk looks at the version history instead: the changes, trade-offs and work in progress behind the final outcome.

Marivi Carlton

Senior Product Design Manager

Realtor.com

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