

When Humans Add Negative Value: AI Alone vs. Human–AI Synergy
Summary: The prevailing “human in the loop” paradigm for AI use must die or be drastically reduced. In many cases, human involvement already degrades AI performance, especially in analytical tasks. Creative fields still benefit from the positive synergistic effects of human-AI collaboration, but as AI improves, the scope for human involvement will likely shrink. Humans must move up the food chain to exhibit agency and strategic management, while letting superior AI systems o

Jakob Nielsen
13 hours ago32 min read


UX Career Pivot for the AI Age: Told in Manga by 4 Different AI Models
4 AI models competed to use the Manga comic book format to tell the story of how to pivot your AI career for AI. See which manga you like the best. All succeeded in condensing a long theoretical article into a few engaging pages, reducing the word count by 94%.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 173 min read


How to Develop Agency: The Number-One Career Skill for the AI Age
Cultivate your ability to effect change actively rather than reacting passively. Human agency with the courage to do something new, without being told, will separate the designers of the future from the assembly-line workers of the past, and the empowered learner from the spoon-fed student.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 1016 min read
