Next-generation AI-UX design must deliver human handoff harmony, with seamless transitions between machine execution and user cognition that recognize people’s limited mental processing budgets across different time periods.
Brilliant work, Dr. Nielsen — this is one of the most insightful articulations of how human cognition must shape next-generation AI-UX. The framing of cognitive latency and the Chronosapien Compact perfectly captures the growing mismatch between machine time and human time.
One small suggestion: many of the interaction examples assume sighted, able-bodied users. It would be fascinating to see how your framework might expand to include people with disabilities — especially blind, low-vision, motor-impaired, or neurodivergent users — whose cognitive latency patterns differ in meaningful ways. Incorporating accessibility into the Cognitive Latency Stack could enrich its universality even further.
Thank you for continuing to inspire our field to think deeper — and slower — about human-centered design.
Brilliant work, Dr. Nielsen — this is one of the most insightful articulations of how human cognition must shape next-generation AI-UX. The framing of cognitive latency and the Chronosapien Compact perfectly captures the growing mismatch between machine time and human time.
One small suggestion: many of the interaction examples assume sighted, able-bodied users. It would be fascinating to see how your framework might expand to include people with disabilities — especially blind, low-vision, motor-impaired, or neurodivergent users — whose cognitive latency patterns differ in meaningful ways. Incorporating accessibility into the Cognitive Latency Stack could enrich its universality even further.
Thank you for continuing to inspire our field to think deeper — and slower — about human-centered design.
Marcelo Paiva