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The most important rule I've learned for interfaces (UI - but also API and others) is that they should be self-consistent with no surprises. The user learns wh

The most important rule I've learned for interfaces (UI - but also API and others) is that they should be self-consistent with no surprises. The user learns what to expect and they can rely on it, which generally makes it easier for them to navigate and get the results they want. It seems to me that a generated UI does the opposite of that, and leads to a lot of uncertainty... ... How does support help them, or even troubleshoot problems when the user describes what they saw and did? ... How can one person instruct another in accomplishing a task when the interface is different? ... How can you document the instructions for accomplishing specific goals? ... How user-unfriendly is a UI that not only changes per user, but could change over time as more data is gathered about how the user is interacting? Especially if the user needs to do something out of the ordinary [for them], the means of doing it can get buried over time.

visarga 3y ago
> they should be self-consistent with no surprises And LLMs are exactly what is needed - they know the consistent and no-surprise answer to anything. The UI will adapt to serve your needs, that's how it can help you. The web we see today is full of dark UI patterns and junk content. A generative UI could filter, rank and present the pile of garbage in a clean form. Social networks and big website operators control what we see, in what order we see it, and how it is presented. All of them carry vectors of attack. They abuse the public. For example FB was always changing where it put various user settings, and resetting them from time to time. An AI agent that creates a generative UI can guard your preferences. I see these gen-UI agents as running locally in privacy. They interface with the web to interact and gather information, and distill it into bespoke UIs. They overrule all the power games publishers played with users and try to prevent users inadvertently leaking private information, an AI firewall, especially needed now that the web will be filled with synthetic text and other AI agents. Few people will still look at the raw web, we will wear a protective mask of gen-UI.
- FridgeSeal 3y ago
  LLM’s struggle to return the same answer twice, and now you’re suggesting they’ll magically and consistently mediate UX and API differences? I have a hard time believing that.

visarga 3y ago

> they should be self-consistent with no surprises And LLMs are exactly what is needed - they know the consistent and no-surprise answer to anything. The UI will adapt to serve your needs, that's how it can help you. The web we see today is full of dark UI patterns and junk content. A generative UI could filter, rank and present the pile of garbage in a clean form. Social networks and big website operators control what we see, in what order we see it, and how it is presented. All of them carry vectors of attack. They abuse the public. For example FB was always changing where it put various user settings, and resetting them from time to time. An AI agent that creates a generative UI can guard your preferences. I see these gen-UI agents as running locally in privacy. They interface with the web to interact and gather information, and distill it into bespoke UIs. They overrule all the power games publishers played with users and try to prevent users inadvertently leaking private information, an AI firewall, especially needed now that the web will be filled with synthetic text and other AI agents. Few people will still look at the raw web, we will wear a protective mask of gen-UI.

FridgeSeal 3y ago
LLM’s struggle to return the same answer twice, and now you’re suggesting they’ll magically and consistently mediate UX and API differences? I have a hard time believing that.