Jin Kim

I believe a better option is to build a functional application with a more traditional UI and then complement it with AI functions.

Designing AI experiences isn’t about replacing direct manipulation — it’s about enhancing it, layering new interaction models on top of well-established patterns to make interactions smoother, more intuitive, and ultimately, more powerful.

you are refining a request rather than directly altering pixels

You’ll hear how AI is helping designers focus on higher-level thinking, communicate better with developers, and push creative boundaries—all without replacing the human touch.

That’s what AI-driven interaction should be: not a feature you have to wrestle with, but an invisible assistant that refines itself around your needs.

Form acts as a way to set the context – like the way an axe looks and feels in your hand, you get an immediate sense of its purpose.

you are collaborating with the system to achieve a desired outcome.

We’re likely going to have to reinvent our design processes – working forward to understand capabilities, rather than backwards from user needs.

But we face a fundamental tension in that AI sort of breaks our usual way of designing things, working back from function, and shaping the form.