In this joint keynote, Domus Academy professors Stefano Cardini (Course Leader, MA in Design Innovation) and Giovanni Caruso (Course Leader, Master in Interaction Design and Master in Service Design) explore the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and design. Rather than presenting AI only as a tool or collaborator, they suggest approaching it as a design material. Drawing from studio-based experiments with students and collaborations with brands, the keynote shares examples where AI demands fresh approaches and new ways of thinking. These experiences provide a map to navigate AI’s possibilities, showing how to engage with it critically and how to use its potential to move beyond current imaginaries and discourses. By placing creativity and curiosity at the center, the speakers invite designers, educators, and students to rethink their relationship with technology. They call for a deeper, more nuanced conversation, one that sees AI not as the end of design but as an opportunity to explore less obvious and yet unexplored territories.