AI in the UI
AI is for heavy lifting
AI in the UI
“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”
Aneesh Raman • Opinion | When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever
Lanier points out how the chat interface - the way we interact with these AI models - is not only extremely wasteful when compared to other, simpler and less energy intensive ways of engaging, but also reinforces the illusion that the AI has an identity with whom we interact.
Alex Dobrenko` • Why, Ai, Why?
The best AI isn’t the one that demands attention — it’s the one that disappears into the flow of what you were trying to accomplish in the first place.
Tetiana Sydorenko • AI is reshaping UI — have you noticed the biggest change yet?
If you think about it, AI has digested the entirety of human knowledge but lacks the lived experience to make it meaningful. It's like a tourist who's read every guidebook but never actually visited the country.
Tobias van Schneider • The future of the designer — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №263
Role of a designer is that of a local that will point you to the best restaurant not featured in the guides
Can you see what nobody else can?
We're headed into a dangerous time, when our society is run on digital platforms, and UX isn't leading the way to ensure that those tools are usable.
Mark Hurst • Creative Good: Why I'm Losing Faith in UX
The question becomes not "Can you design?" but "Can you see in a way nobody else does?"
Tobias van Schneider • The future of the designer — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №263
Don’t specialize, hibridize
The real advantage in this AI-saturated hellscape isn't going to the prompt engineers or the shortcut seekers. It's flowing to people who know how to think with machines instead of outsourcing their thinking to them.