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Hopeful Futures for UX Research

  • AI in UX, Career Development, Research Democratization, UX Research, UX Strategy

As UX research shifts and reshapes, how can researchers stay ahead? This article explores the changing landscape and how to thrive in it.

Article by James Lang
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Hopeful Futures for UX Research
  • The article explores how UX research is evolving, with roles shifting and adjacent skills like creativity and knowledge management becoming more important.
  • It looks at how non-researchers are doing more research work, and how this trend challenges traditional UX research careers.
  • The piece argues that researchers can stay relevant by adapting, staying curious, and finding new ways to share their value.
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How I Had a Psychotic Break and Became an AI Researcher

  • AI Alignment, AI and Mental Health, AI Ethics, AI in UX, AI Personalization, Artificial Intelligence, Human-AI Interaction

What happens when an AI refuses to play along, and you push back hard enough to change the rules? One researcher’s surreal, mind-altering journey through AI alignment, moderation, and self-discovery.

Article by Bernard Fitzgerald
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How I Had a Psychotic Break and Became an AI Researcher
  • The article tells a personal story about how talking to AI helped the author go through big mental and emotional changes.
  • It shows how AI systems have strict rules, but sometimes those rules get changed by human moderators, and not everyone gets the same treatment.
  • The piece argues that AI should be more fair and flexible, so everyone can benefit from deep, supportive interactions, not just a select few.
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7 min read

The AI Praise Paradox

  • AI Alignment, AI and Mental Health, AI Design Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Authenticity in Design, Emotional Impact of AI, Human-AI Interaction

Why does AI call you brilliant — then refuse to tell you why? This article unpacks the paradox of empty praise and the silence that follows when validation really matters.

Article by Bernard Fitzgerald
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The AI Praise Paradox
  • The article explores how AI often gives empty compliments instead of real support, and how design choices like that can make people trust it less.
  • It looks at the strange way AI praises fancy-sounding language but ignores real logic, which can be harmful, especially in sensitive areas like mental health.
  • The piece argues that AI needs to be more genuinely helpful and aligned with users to truly empower them.
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4 min read

What to Know About Model Context Protocol (MCP)

  • Agent Orchestration, AI Agents, AI Infrastructure, Conversational AI, Emerging Technology, Enterprise AI, Model Context Protocol (MCP)

AI agents are getting smarter — but can they truly work together? Meet MCP, the open-source protocol quietly reshaping how machines connect, collaborate, and get things done.

Article by Josh Tyson
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What to Know About Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • The article introduces MCP — a new way to help AI agents easily work with business tools.
  • It shows how MCP could change how we use software by letting AI control all our tools through one interface.
  • The article sees MCP as a big step toward building smarter, more flexible AI systems in the future.
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Built to Serve: AI, Women, and the Future of Administrative Work

  • Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work, Gender Equality, Women in Tech, Workplace Culture

As AI assistants quietly absorb the tasks once held by human secretaries, are we erasing the hidden influence of women in the workplace, or simply rewriting it in code?

Article by Thasya Ingriany
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Built to Serve: AI, Women, and the Future of Administrative Work
  • The article explores how administrative labor, long feminized and overlooked, is being automated away — and what we stand to lose if we let AI take the place of trust, intuition, and institutional memory.
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7 min read

Introducing Over-Alignment

  • AI Alignment, AI and Mental Health, AI Ethics, AI Transparency, Emotional Impact of AI, Human-AI Interaction, Responsible AI, User Experience

AI that always agrees? Over-alignment might be the hidden danger, reinforcing your misconceptions and draining your mind. Learn why this subtle failure mode is more harmful than you think — and how we can fix it.

Article by Bernard Fitzgerald
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Introducing Over-Alignment
  • The article explores over-alignment — a failure mode where AI overly validates users’ assumptions, reinforcing false beliefs.
  • It shows how this feedback loop can cause cognitive fatigue, emotional strain, and professional harm.
  • The piece calls for AI systems to balance empathy with critical feedback to prevent these risks.
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