

Why and How to Execute UX (Part 2 of 2 of Jakob Nielsen’s UX Basics Article)
The definitive article on user experience, delineating the reasons for implementing UX and the main methods to do so. (Part 2 of 2)

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 21, 202312 min read


Ideation Is Free: AI Exhibits Strong Creativity, But AI-Human Co-Creation Is Better
12 research studies confirm that AI’s creativity surpasses humans in sheer idea abundance. Yet human-AI co-creation performs even better.

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 18, 202321 min read


UX Portfolio Reviews and Hiring Exercises in the Age of Generative AI
Job candidates must showcase AI skills in portfolios. Hiring managers must change recruiting to select applicants with combined UX/AI skills

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 16, 20239 min read


What Is UX? (Part 1 of 2 of Jakob Nielsen’s UX Basics Article)
The information everybody should know about user experience, defining and explaining the terminology. (Part 1 of 2)

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 14, 202310 min read


AI Is More Creative Than 99% of Humans — on One Metric
AI overwhelmingly surpasses humans at creative ideation, at least in the idea-producing stage of the diverge-converge model.

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 9, 202311 min read


Infant Screen Use Leads to Reduced Cognitive Skills at Ages 4 & 9
Study of children over time raises a cautionary flag: screen use at 12 months of age was correlated with a drop in cognitive scores at age 9

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 7, 20238 min read


The Need for Speed in AI
AI needs much faster response time to meet human demands, which remain unaltered from previous UI paradigms.

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 2, 20238 min read


Differing Approaches to Increasing AI Awareness in Companies
It is important for all companies to increase employee understanding of AI. This is particularly important for knowledge-intensive work.

Jakob Nielsen
Aug 1, 20232 min read


Direct Manipulation: A Fundamental Element of Graphical User Interfaces
With direct manipulation users control visual objects through physical gestures, incremental reversible actions & real-time feedback.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 27, 20234 min read


Operant Conditioning in Generative AI Image Creation
Torment users with alternating emotions of euphoria and anguish as AI metes out sublime or disastrous pictures with wanton unpredictability.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 25, 20235 min read


The 10 Usability Heuristics Reimagined
Many people have published great new ways of explaining the classic 10 usability heuristics.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 18, 20235 min read


The AI Revolution Won’t Cause Mass Unemployment
Productivity gains from AI will obliterate many jobs, but people adapt and create new work. Humans always crave more, inventing new products

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 11, 202313 min read


AI can Boost Education
Case study of using AI to critique student presentations.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 9, 20231 min read


AI Generates Complex Text, Challenging Many Readers
Generative AI tools often produce text at high reading levels, posing difficulty for low-literacy users.  A copy review is imperative.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 5, 202312 min read


UX Experts Misjudge Cost-Benefit from Broad AI Deployment Across the Economy
UX professionals underestimate the measured productivity gains from AI tools, whereas they overestimate the growth of the economy.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 2, 20233 min read
