How might AI change user interfaces

for any productivity software, the only good use case for ai is lightweight, overridable autosuggests if you try to add gen ai slop to my work tools, i will fight you (early proto i whipped up for linear projects a week ago) https://t.co/7Bc4AvESiM

Personally, I see at least 2 "types" of websites. In short: I am for AI for "getting information quickly," against it for "consolidating the internet landscape." 1. "Get stuff done/get information quickly." Where efficiency is key. Get from A→B as fast as possible. "What does this error code mean?" would be an example. "How do I file this {IRS for... See more

Chat is overrated as a user experience. Good visualization, information hierarchy, copy, call to actions is underrated as a user experience. Multiply all of these effects by 10X when you have the power of an LLM involved. Start with great UX, not a chatbot.

The paradox of ChatGPT: it's both a step forward beyond GUIs, because you can ask for anything not just what’s been built as a feature with a button, but also a step back, because very quickly you have to memorise obscure incantations, like the command lines GUIs replaced.

Question-answering systems and chatbots have inadvertently created a false narrative that AI can solve any problem with a simple prompt, including complex creative tasks like storytelling and filmmaking. The ability to generate video from language has been misinterpreted as the… Show more

What an interesting moment. We're staring at two distinctly different visions of the future. They may co-exist, but they are radically different takes on what's modern, what's current, and where things are headed. One vision gets the UI out of the way. The other vision is UI… Show more