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AI is the first new user-interface paradigm in sixty years: intent-based outcome specification, where the user says what outcome they want rather than how to get it.

Drawn from what Jakob Nielsen said

Subjectsdesignchat interfaces
What these subjects mean

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

chat interfaces The text box as the way into a model: whether chat is the future of software or a terrible interface, and what replaces it.

In the views ondesignunder our view: The chat box was the door, not the room: the interface is being argued over again On the topicWhat does the interface become when a model is on the other side?under our view: The interface is going away: the user states an intent, and agents and generated interfaces do the rest

What Jakob Nielsen actually said

  1. Jakob Nielsen Usability pioneer; co-founder of Nielsen Norman Group…
    The third UI paradigm, represented by current generative AI, is intent-based outcome specification. The user tells the computer the desired result but does not specify how this outcome should be accomplished, such as the steps to be executed. Compared to traditional command-based interaction design, this completely reverses the locus of control.

    ↗AI Is First New UI Paradigm in 60 Yearsjakobnielsenphd.substack.com

    22 Jun 2023

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