DESIGNING FOR AI MEANS DESIGNING LIKE IT'S 1999

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

The unsettled state of AI design mirrors the early web of 1999 — standards still shifting, no killer app yet, business models unproven. Chat is today's default interface but likely a placeholder, since 95% of generative-AI pilots still deliver no measurable business impact. Designers who thrive will treat this moment as an invitation to invent new conventions, just as their predecessors did in that earlier era.