AI startup Friend.com plastered ads all over NYC subways and people keep ripping them down. Danger Testing built a site that recreates the posters online, letting anyone graffiti them and see what others have done.
At RISD, industrial design students with zero coding experience are deploying functional applications in days. They're using Claude, etc to handle technical implementation while they focus on rapid iteration and user testing. Their projects must reach 100 real users, forcing them to tackle deployment, databases, and real-world technical constraints. The instructor's philosophy: forget traditional design education and let students with fresh eyes figure out what's possible with new tools.