AI in Design on Butterswords | Where Words >= Swordshttps://butterswords.com/tags/ai-in-design/Recent content in AI in Design on Butterswords | Where Words >= SwordsHugoenWed, 24 Jun 2026 09:54:49 -0700Starting to evaluate agent usefulnesshttps://butterswords.com/blog/agent-usefulness/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:54:49 -0700https://butterswords.com/blog/agent-usefulness/<p>I recently talked with a friend and collaborator about agents and the usefulness of products such as Anthropic&rsquo;s Claude (incl. Cowork and Claude Code). We did not agree on much during the conversation, with me sounding very rigid and curmudgeonly and him taking on an optimistic view I did not expect. I respect this person a great deal, so as he continued to argue for the benefits and usefulness of these systems in his life I felt a desire to better understand where he was coming from. Towards the end of the conversation he gave me a blanket challenge:</p>