I’m a product designer. What should I be learning to stay relevant in the AI era?

I’m a product designer, and I’m not sure what my job will look like in 3 years.

A couple of years ago, being good at Figma, understanding UX patterns, and building clean interfaces felt like a pretty solid skill set.

Now AI can generate decent-looking screens in minutes. And it’s getting better at the things designers used to spend hours doing.

I don’t think designers are going to disappear. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t thinking about what makes us valuable anymore.

Should I spend more time learning to code? Get better at product strategy? Focus on research and understanding users?

Probably all of those, but there’s only so much time in a day.

What worries me isn’t really AI replacing designers overnight. It’s spending the next few years getting better at something that might not matter as much by the time I’m good at it.

For other designers here, what are you actually spending time learning right now?

And if there’s a tool you’re using regularly, or a YouTube video that genuinely helped you learn something useful, feel free to share it. I’d love to check out what others are finding helpful.