Most people still don’t know how to use AI.
In the 70s, computers were for engineers.
No mouse. No icons. Just a command line.
You had to type every instruction manually and hope it worked.
Super powerful, but not usable.
Then in 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh.
The first mainstream computer with a graphical interface.
Suddenly, you could click. Drag. Drop.
No coding required.
That changed everything.
By the 90s, GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) became the standard.
Windows 95, browsers, desktop apps.
Computers were still clunky, but finally becoming usable.
And by the 2000s, they were everywhere.
Still overwhelming for many, but now essential to life and work.
Why?
Because design made the complexity invisible and accessible.
Now fast forward to today:
Most people think AI = ChatGPT.
A simple text box you chat with.
But that’s just the surface.
We’re still at the command-line phase of AI.
Powerful, but mostly inaccessible.
And most people have no idea what AI is really capable of.
And just like before, it’s not a tech problem.
It’s a design problem.
Today, designers have the opportunity of a lifetime:
Not to make AI look good,
but to make it usable, trustworthy, and human.
We’re not designing screens anymore.
We’re designing intelligence.
And that’s what gets me so fired up.
AI tools like Lovable are just the beginning,
turning complex technology into real products in minutes.
But we’re only scratching the surface.
Design is what will unlock AI for the world.
And it’s our job to make sure everyone can use it.
Yes, Felix! I am with you 200% - most designers I know worry about the wrong thing. They worry that AI does not help them design better in a way that is easy for them (=automatise making components for example). But I think we all in product should worry about designing better AIs.
This is really cool. I’m not here to beg for attention or anything, but it was reading your posts on LinkedIn that I started to officialise my perception of many things. I’m a backend person, per se, so code readability is pretty to me - but what you bring up is so deeply important and more often than not, overlooked.
(As an ADHD’er, solo parent and solo entrepreneur, I can’t stress enough about how important UX/UI are for us. Oddly, I have seen many ‘successful’ companies complaining that “adapting to neurodivergent friendly environments” is very expensive. But why, if ultimately all we need is something beautiful, clean and functional? They should have started there - born adapted 🙃)