Stephen Downes

I think it's worth spending the time it takes to have a nice leisurely read through this article from Jakob Nielsen, one of the world's most notable experts on usability and user experience design, as he reflects on how AI has upended the last 40 years of his work. "AI will likely completely invalidate the manual UX design process I spent four decades evangelizing, from 1983 to 2023," he writes. "My error was in assuming that what had worked for forty years would continue to define the standard. A reasonable assumption, perhaps, but one I have now been proven wrong in holding." Stunning. And yet, still beautifully designed and written.