The End of the User Interface?
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The End of the User Interface?
"The future of the human experience with digital products necessarily depends on the relationship we will have with information - whether predicted or post-dicted. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, soon, quantum computing, will dictate the evolution of the digital environment we live in and, consequently, the evolution of human beings themselves over the coming decades - or perhaps the next century."
"With a bold statement, he sparked a fervent debate among professionals in the field: "No more UI: once superintelligence arrives in 2030, there will be no UI design, since users will be using their agents instead of interacting directly with websites or traditional software." - Jakob Nielsen On May 8, 2025, Nielsen launched this straightforward premise: with the advent of superintelligence, or even with faster advances in AI agents, users will no longer interact directly with graphical interfaces of websites and apps."
A forecast predicts that users will increasingly delegate tasks to intelligent agents rather than interact directly with graphical interfaces. AI and emerging quantum computing will reshape digital environments and influence human evolution over coming decades. Technology functions as a means that continually redefines perception and interaction, driving deeper redefinitions of human experience. The shift from buttons, menus, and complex navigation flows to command- and dialogue-based agent interactions will alter design priorities toward agent behavior and conversational flows. Rapid advances in AI agents could accelerate this transition and transform how information is accessed and acted upon.
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