Tag: UX
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Generative AI and Tesler’s Law
We talk a lot about the new innovations enabled through generative AI, but we haven’t talked as much about how we expect users to interact with AI applications. Because of the more unpredictable nature of generative AI, user interfaces will shift from deterministic to probabilistic user interfaces. In mathematics, a deterministic mathematical model is meant…
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Spotify AI DJ (Product Review)
My summary of Spotify AI DJ before using it – I expected a personalised music feed. Similar to the “Wrapped” mix Spotify gives you at the end of each year, I expect the “AI DJ” to do something similar on the fly. I also expect that the feed will include personalised music recommendations. How does…
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How Substack recommends
Last year Substack introduced a new recommendation feature which I want to highlight here. In case you’re unfamiliar with Substack, it’s a platform that lets writers and podcasters publish directly to their audience and get paid through subscriptions. The principle behind Substack’s recommendation feature is as simple as it’s powerful: a writer can select several…
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Slay (Product Review)
My summary of Slay before using it – Slay is an app aimed at teenagers, aiming to bring some positivity to its users. How does Slay present itself in the first minute? – “Let the love in” is what it says when I search online for Slay. If I then go into the app store,…
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Human + Machine: Spotify’s ‘Algotorial Playlists’
When I think about personalised content, I think of Netflix and Spotify providing recommendations during the onboarding process based on a user’s tastes and preferences. These recommendations will then be refined and augmented as a user consumes more content. This level of personalisation is fully algorithm based, which makes it highly scalable but also prone…
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