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Real time user interface production with generative AI hints at radical changes to UX design and accessibility
This post contains a lot of questions and very few answers, I hope you enjoy it regardless and it triggers some thoughts. Back in March, OpenAI demonstrated their newest model “GPT-4V” (the V is for Vision) on a dev stream: In this YouTube video at 16:19, Greg Brockman demonstrates turning... -
How to Get Your First Job in UX: A Guide
I’ve done a lot of UX work over the past 20+ years, from freelance and contract, to startups and big enterprise companies. I’ve also seen thousands of CVs (really) and hired over 100 people into design roles. I get asked (some permutation of) this question a lot, so it seems... -
Generative AI and User Experience: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Hype around Generative AI has exploded – but we’re only beginning to understand the implications for software products, user experiences, and the risks of excluding people. The good: meaningful results for everyone For most of the history of software, to use any application you had to understand the graphical user... -
On Artificial Intelligence in User Experience Design
Or, why you won’t be replaced by a robot (yet). DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion and GauGAN are some examples of cutting-edge AI systems that use advanced machine learning to generate realistic imagery from a text prompt. I’ve been playing with all three over the past months and some of the... -
How to: Make the Perfect Search Control
I get it - you’re a new UX designer, you’re enthusiastic and bursting with ideas. You’re a revolutionary and you’re going to change the world. We were all there once, but let me tell you - plead with you - stop over-designing basic functions. The search function has, over the... -
Classify your User Interactions into; Obvious, Easy and Possible
While we strive to make our products as intuitive and familiar as possible, there will always be “advanced” options and rarely-used features. Giving users choice and control over their experience will naturally lead to features that are used less frequently or settings that only a small percentage of users will... -
The Deceptive UX of Cookie Consent (and how to fix it)
The EU ePrivacy Directive states that: No cookies and trackers must be placed before prior consent from the user, besides those strictly necessary for the basic function of a website. Like most laws, it began with the best intentions. Ten years ago, the web was a “wild west” of tracking...