Beware the allure of fully replacing humans with AI in user research! AI offers many benefits in user research and can enhance, but not replace, the human touch in user-centered design. It cannot replicate the surprises and nuances that make real customers invaluable as study participants.
AI is already tricking human users into an addictive attention economy ... A prime example of this is infinite scroll newsfeed in FaceBook and the auto-plying youtube ... a well curated personalised experience is being engineered from the insights and learning from a demographic profile ... This is already here and imagine AGI entering this space ... Its going to watch every move of a user in a digital space and anticipate your next move ... AH! is it lovely or scary?
I felt something was wrong with the first image in the article, and it was feeling creepy somehow... I finally saw why. The right hand of the person is backwards. When turned, the thumb should be closest to the viewer, not the pinky, according to all healthy anatomical rules. Try to assume the pose yourself and you'll break your wrist. Did AI mean to do this? Did Jakob mean to let it slip through? Am I reading too much into it?
AI is already tricking human users into an addictive attention economy ... A prime example of this is infinite scroll newsfeed in FaceBook and the auto-plying youtube ... a well curated personalised experience is being engineered from the insights and learning from a demographic profile ... This is already here and imagine AGI entering this space ... Its going to watch every move of a user in a digital space and anticipate your next move ... AH! is it lovely or scary?
I felt something was wrong with the first image in the article, and it was feeling creepy somehow... I finally saw why. The right hand of the person is backwards. When turned, the thumb should be closest to the viewer, not the pinky, according to all healthy anatomical rules. Try to assume the pose yourself and you'll break your wrist. Did AI mean to do this? Did Jakob mean to let it slip through? Am I reading too much into it?