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(You can totally do it, too.)</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bmw_link bma_page1636"> <div class="bma_mediatop"> <a href="https://bigmedium.com/speaking/when-and-how-will-ai-replace-us.html" class="bma_thumb"><img src="https://bigmedium.com/bm.pix/smashingconf_kevin.4x3-250.png" class="bma_thumb" alt="Kevin Coyle at Smashing Meet 2024: "The Future of Design Systems"" srcset="https://bigmedium.com/bm.pix/smashingconf_kevin.4x3-2000.png 346w, https://bigmedium.com/bm.pix/smashingconf_kevin.4x3-250.png 250w" sizes="(min-width: 1050px) 449px, 50vw" /></a> </div> <div class="bma_body"> <div class="bma_body-wrap"> <a href="https://bigmedium.com/bm.tags/ai/" class="kicker kicker--tout kicker--invert">ai</a> <h3 class="bma_head"><a href="https://bigmedium.com/speaking/when-and-how-will-ai-replace-us.html" title="When will AI Replace Us?" rel="bookmark">When will AI Replace Us?</a></h3> <div class="bma_desc">Kevin Coyle addresses and subdues fears about AI taking out jobs. 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Instead, he shows how your new robot colleagues can help you do your job even better—right now, today.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bmw_link bma_page1624"> <div class="bma_mediatop"> <a href="https://bigmedium.com/speaking/brad-frost-shoptalk-global-design-system.html" class="bma_thumb"><img src="https://bigmedium.com/bm.pix/bradtalkshop.4x3-250.png" class="bma_thumb" alt="Brad Frost on the TalkShop Podcast" srcset="https://bigmedium.com/bm.pix/bradtalkshop.4x3-2000.png 346w, https://bigmedium.com/bm.pix/bradtalkshop.4x3-250.png 250w" sizes="(min-width: 1050px) 449px, 50vw" /></a> </div> <div class="bma_body"> <div class="bma_body-wrap"> <a href="https://bigmedium.com/bm.tags/podcast/" class="kicker kicker--tout kicker--invert">podcast</a> <h3 class="bma_head"><a href="https://bigmedium.com/speaking/brad-frost-shoptalk-global-design-system.html" title="ShopTalk: Brad Frost on a Global Design System" rel="bookmark">ShopTalk: Brad Frost on a Global Design System</a></h3> <div class="bma_desc">On the TalkShop podcast, Big Medium’s Brad Frost answers questions like: What is a global design system? 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