<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/cas-faculty-corner-ai-in-design.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>04/21/2026</pubDate><title>AI is the Team You Can't Afford to Hire</title><description>Using AI as a team member means treating it as a thought partner that helps you ask better questions and refine ideas, rather than relying on it for final answers. Its output is often generic, so the value comes from how thoughtfully you engage with it.</description><author>Arts and Sciences</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/schools-and-colleges/yale-gordon-college-of-arts-and-sciences/assets/images/2000x1500%20GregWalsh.jpg" alt="Greg Walsh, Ph.D. the Parsons Professor of Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture"/></image><image-cap>Greg Walsh, Ph.D. the Parsons Professor of Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture</image-cap><quote>The real skill isn’t getting answers from AI—it’s knowing what to ask.</quote><quote-name>Greg Walsh, Ph.D.</quote-name><quote-info>Parsons Professor of Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture</quote-info><tags><tag>AI</tag><tag>Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences</tag></tags></item>