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Design Smarter: Future-Proof Your UX Career in the Age of AI

  • Artificial Intelligence, Empathy, Future of Work, UX Design

Learn why your UX career is safe from AI and which human skills will keep you relevant as things change in the industry.

Article by Pavel Bukengolts
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Design Smarter: Future-Proof Your UX Career in the Age of AI
  • The article reassures UX designers that AI won’t replace them; it will change their tools, but not their purpose.
  • The piece emphasizes that, unlike humans, AI is not able to understand people, think critically, or ask important ethical questions.
  • It concludes that UX isn’t disappearing and that humans will always be needed to design products for other humans.
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UX is More Than Screens: The Art of Designing Emotions

  • Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Empathy, Human-Centered Design, UX Strategy

UX isn’t just about screens — it’s about feelings. This article explores why the future of UX depends on blending artificial and emotional intelligence to create truly human experiences.

Article by Krystian M. Frahn
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UX is More Than Screens: The Art of Designing Emotions
  • The article shows how Steve Jobs’ shift from “form follows function” to “form follows emotion” transformed design into a deeply human practice centered on empathy.
  • It explains that emotions drive perception, usability, and loyalty — making emotional intelligence essential to meaningful user experiences.
  • The piece argues that the future of UX lies in uniting artificial and emotional intelligence to create technology that feels truly human.
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Why AI Can’t Make Human Creativity Obsolete

  • Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Behavioral Science, Design, Empathy, Interaction Design, Technology, UX Magazine

Recent history gives us a powerful and definitive reason for hope

Article by Alberto Romero
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Why AI Can’t Make Human Creativity Obsolete
  • The article explores the paradox of AI-driven obsolescence of human creativity.
  • It discusses why the fear that AI will make human creativity obsolete is unfounded, highlighting that humans inherently prefer human creations, imperfections and all, over AI-generated perfection.
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The Power of Thoughtful Notifications in Apps: Less is More!

  • Accessibility, Behavioral Science, Customer Experience, Design, Empathy, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, Technology, Usability, UX Magazine

The evolution of notification strategies in digital apps.

Article by Pourav Raj
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The Power of Thoughtful Notifications in Apps: Less is More!
  • The article explores the evolution of notification strategies in digital apps, focusing on industry leaders like Meta (formerly Facebook) and their shift toward sending fewer, more relevant notifications.
  • The author underlines the significance of striking a balance in notification design and creating personalized, user-centric app experiences.
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Empathy Porn. And How To Avoid It.

  • Behavioral Science, Design, Empathy, Research Methods and Techniques, The Evolution of Research

Empathy. It’s critical that we use empathy in all of our design and innovation work to provide true value to people in order to make their lives better.

Article by Rich Nadworny
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Empathy Porn. And How To Avoid It.
  • Empathy is a critical tool for designers and innovators to create positive change in people’s lives when used productively, not self-indulgently.
  • Many organizations engage in “empathy porn,” in which they use empathy solely for their own self-fulfillment, which leads to gathering useless insights that sit unused on a digital shelf.
  • The ultimate goal of empathy in design and innovation should be to take action to improve people’s experiences and lead to the creation of something new that provides value to others.
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Can Human-AI Collaboration Enhance Empathy?

  • Contextual User Studies, Defining AI, Emotion, Empathy

Can artificial intelligence help people be more supportive of each other in online conversations?

Article by Marlynn Wei
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Can Human-AI Collaboration Enhance Empathy?
  • The author analyzes the recent study on the opportunity for open-ended, social, creative empathic discussions to benefit from feedback-driven, AI-in-the-loop writing systems.
  • Due to AI systems’ difficulty in comprehending complex human emotions and the open-ended nature of these jobs, such human-AI collaboration poses difficulties for more difficult, creative tasks, like carrying out empathetic discussions.
  • The author names a number of design opportunities and challenges when it comes to developing AI systems that support empathy.
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