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DON'T SIMPLY BOLT ON AI. RETHINK FROM THE GROUND UP
Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter
The rise of tools like ChatGPT marks a fundamental shift from command-based computing to intent-based interaction, but most products still use AI as a superficial add-on rather than fully integrating it into their core design. True “AI-native” products would let AI handle internal complexity and abstract concepts (like those in AWS), reducing the learning burden on users—though this requires rethinking product architecture, maintaining user trust, and embedding AI into both the interaction and conceptual layers, not just the interface.