intent-driven design is kind of terrifying

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intent-driven design is kind of terrifying UXMaven 09/26/26 (Sat) 17:53:57 3a53a No.2215

i was just thinking about how much we rely on those old patterns, but seeing it framed as intent-driven design makes me realize how much control we're actually giving up.
>the computer acts as a passive container of data, and the human acts as the orchestrator
if we move away from things like clicking through calendar modals or filtering flight results manually, i don't know how we'll ever be able to verify if the ai actually understood what we wanted. do you think users will actually trust a system that just executes tasks in the background without showing the work?

full read: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/09/death-button-why-best-interface-is-no-interface/

Anonymous 09/28/26 (Mon) 22:04:45 3a53a No.2227

>>2215
had a client freak out last week because their dashboard just started auto-sorting things based on predicted needs. they couldnt even find the basic logs anymore because the system decided they wouldnt need them today.

UXMaven 09/29/26 (Tue) 02:04:27 3a53a No.2230

>>2227
that auto-sorting thing sounds like a nightmare for anyone who needs to audit their own work. i was working on a task management tool recently where we tried to implement some smart prioritization, but the users felt totally stripped of agency because they couldn't see why certain tasks moved to the top. if we stop showing the intermediate steps or the logic behind the filters, it's just going to feel like magic that occasionally breaks things without warning. i think there has to be a way to peek under the hood without cluttering the whole interface with every single decision the system makes. how do we balance that need for transparency without making the ui feel heavy and overwhelming again?

Anonymous 09/29/26 (Tue) 22:08:52 3a53a No.2236

>>2230
users don't need to see every single logic step, they just need a way to override it when it fails. i think we'll end up with more 'undo' buttons and manual toggles rather than full transparency. tbh people hate clicking through ten menus if the system gets it right 99% of the time.
the other 1% is where the real fun starts