UX professionals who are good at all steps of the UX lifecycle, including both research and design, are called “UX unicorns” because they are rare. But AI narrows skill gaps and may create many more UX unicorns.
How is AI reshaping knowledge in the world vs. knowledge in the head? Interesting to think that AI in some capacity is bridging the gap of that knowledge?
I have been saying before that AI is a forklift for the mind, and one big reason is exactly what you're saying, Rich, that is allows us better access to knowledge in the world, augmenting knowledge in the head. The two have always co-existed, but knowledge in the world becomes more actionable when transformed by AI into specific advice for your current situation. This is a big reason AI-driven answers are superior to search engines, see https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/seo-is-dead
Thank you for your response Jakob. The power of the two combined with critical thinking skills, talent and usability testing / field testing. What of being out in the world? Surely we cannot fully grow if we do not have experiences in the world. In simpler terms we must have both smarts and street smarts.
I never thought I'd be saying this, for example, but I will:
a unicorn exists in real life because of the drawings, legens, stories and everything. It stands for some values that we can not put onto any other object. Or that object would be different. But a unicorn as a subject, that does not exist. Right.
How is AI reshaping knowledge in the world vs. knowledge in the head? Interesting to think that AI in some capacity is bridging the gap of that knowledge?
I have been saying before that AI is a forklift for the mind, and one big reason is exactly what you're saying, Rich, that is allows us better access to knowledge in the world, augmenting knowledge in the head. The two have always co-existed, but knowledge in the world becomes more actionable when transformed by AI into specific advice for your current situation. This is a big reason AI-driven answers are superior to search engines, see https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/seo-is-dead
Thank you for your response Jakob. The power of the two combined with critical thinking skills, talent and usability testing / field testing. What of being out in the world? Surely we cannot fully grow if we do not have experiences in the world. In simpler terms we must have both smarts and street smarts.
Well roared, tiger pack lead
Also helpful to rethink ones position, sometimes.
I never thought I'd be saying this, for example, but I will:
a unicorn exists in real life because of the drawings, legens, stories and everything. It stands for some values that we can not put onto any other object. Or that object would be different. But a unicorn as a subject, that does not exist. Right.
Deep comment Simon. I'll have to think more about what it means that unicorns simultaneously exist (in our mind) and don't exist (in nature).