Markus Weber

Regarding #Al in #education, there may be a bigger issue than cheating: Students losing their original and unique writing voices - or never finding them.

OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models | OpenAI | The Guardian Wide-ranging agreement with artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT comes after similar UK deal with Google

Solution in search of a problem? www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #UX #HCD

Sometimes it seems like the main use case for #AI is writing about it.

#AI does not „hallucinate“. It does not function properly. Words matter.

So annoying when #psychology in #UX is regarded as a mere “box of tricks” to sell stuff.

25 Years of The Sims Turning Players Into Gods - The New York Times As the virtual dollhouse turns 25, the game designer Will Wright explains how The Sims was a sandbox for the American dream.

„A long time ago, I decided that game design is applied psychology“
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/arts/the-sims-25th-anniversary-will-wright.html

This does, of course, not only apply to game design. #UX #design #psychology #games #thesims

Did we already have this year‘s discussion about whether #UX designers should be able to code?

Related mistake: Only looking at *solutions* when analyzing competing #UX without taking *context* into account. One cannot really assess competitors’ solutions without fully understanding the context (users, goals etc.) that they aim at.

Quote by Douglas Adams: “Human beings, who are almost unique in having t...” Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination t...

„Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.“ -Douglas Adams

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/96418-human-beings-who-are-almost-unique-in-having-the-ability

Douglas Adams' Technology Rules - Manage By Walking Around Douglas Adams' Technology Rules

“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” -Douglas Adams

https://jonathanbecher.com/2014/06/30/douglas-adams-technology-rules/

#UX #usability

#UX design is not about making people like what you want to sell them.

Life's daily struggles as witnessed in a #playtest.

Player: "This all happens too fast."
Moderator: "What?"
Player: "The world!"

#gamesUR
#UX

„Who are you (really) working for?" - This question can spark all sorts of interesting discussions about #UX professionals‘ #ethics.

Reminds me of „On the gradual completion of thoughts during speech“ by Heinrich von Kleist spiekermann.com/en/wp-conten...

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The Swiss Army knife of #UX professionals: Asking “Why?”

Famous last words before a #UX project dies: “(If I were the user) I would…” #UserResearch

In interviews, users don't answer to your questions, but to what they perceive your questions to be. #userresearch #ux

Trying to understand users without actually observing them is like learning to ride a bike by reading about it. #UX #userresearch