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UX Roundup: Consultants Don’t Work | Apple AI | AI as General-Purpose Technology | Generative UI for the Enterprise

Consultants don’t work for improving productivity through AI | Apple AI = bad AI | AI is a general-purpose technology | Enterprise GenUI

OpenAI Canvas heralds hybrid UI for AI | Evaluating AI video models in pairwise quality comparisons | AI-created podcast | AI translation

Progress in reducing extreme poverty | AI Agents as training aides | Will AI finally leapfrog healthcare delivery?

Podcast created by AI | What people say vs. do relative to product recommendations | Metrics that incentivize the wrong behavior

4 Metaphors for Working with AI: Intern, Coworker, Teacher, Coach

Viewing AI as an eager but unskilled intern was appropriate in early 2023, but this metaphor is now too limiting for good AI use.

Learn user testing through in-person sessions | Dialectic writing with AI | AI taking the lead to guide users

AI Companions Reduce Loneliness

AI companions, like virtual friends, are helping people feel more connected. They offer modest but meaningful reductions in loneliness.

From AI generation to AI editing | Innovation can be harmful | Is Midjourney getting faster? | AI may make workers feel less time pressure

4 Metaphors for Working with AI: Intern, Coworker, Teacher, Coach

Top AI Tools Used by UX Professionals

UX Angst of 2023-24

Ideation Is Free: AI Exhibits Strong Creativity, But AI-Human Co-Creation Is Better

The 10 Usability Heuristics Reimagined

Generative AI Enhances Old Users’ Intellectual Performance Through Wise Winnowing

UX Needs a Sense of Urgency About AI

AI Vastly Improves Productivity for Business Users and Reduces Skill Gaps

AI Is First New UI Paradigm in 60 Years