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# Are We Losing Our Professional Identities in the Age of AI?
- URL: https://www.therecursive.com/are-we-losing-our-professional-identities-in-the-age-of-ai/
- Published: 2025-12-16T16:37:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-28T14:01:29.000Z
- Author: The Recursive
- Tags: Podcast, The Recursive Roundtable, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-17 10:10

In this episode of The Recursive Roundtable, three practitioners unpack where AI truly adds value — and where it doesn’t. They focus on practical implementation, human judgment, and the guardrails needed to keep quality high.

We examine how to start with AI the right way (individual productivity tools vs. team-wide process changes vs. building ML products, and why not every problem is a fit), how to protect human intent and quality in content and decision-making (avoiding generative sameness, using clear context and strong first drafts), and what AI can and can’t do in product design/UX.

GUESTS:  
**Zamina Ahmad**, AI & ML Product Leader, CEO @ shades&contrast  
**Ioana Teleanu**, Founder & Design Consultant, ex-Miro & UiPath @ AI-R Design Studio, ex-Miro  
**Andrew Mende**, Senior Product Manager Machine Learning @ Booking.com