Luke Wroblewski
@LukeW
Followers
207K
Following
4K
Media
2K
Statuses
19K
Humanizing tech. MD: Sutter Hill Ventures Founder: Polar (Google acquired) Bagcheck (Twitter acquired) Wrote: Mobile First, Web Form Design Pre: NCSA eBay Yahoo
Los Gatos, CA
Joined February 2008
chatting with AI models to gets things done feels archaic compared to firing off agents to do things for you. user interfaces of AI products are starting to reflect this transition.
15
31
388
RT @KalshiSports: Game by the numbers. Kalshi volume: $26.6m.Spit ejections: 1.Rizzler commercials: 1.Weather delays: 1.AJ Brown catches: 1.
0
41
0
going live on YouTube now to talk about rethinking product interfaces on the Web with AI: .
1
3
18
subscribe here to get my articles in your Inbox (roughly one a week):
lukew.com
Subscribe to Luke Wroblewski's writings on the critical details and big picture behind AI, mobile, and Web product design and you'll get an email each time a new article is published (1-2 a week).
1
1
5
after 30 years & 2,000+ articles on interface design for AI, mobile and the Web, I finally added an email newsletter to my site.
1
2
46
just one of the ways apps need to be rethought for AI:
lukew.com
With every new technology platform, the concept of an application shifts. Consider the difference between compiled apps during the PC era, online applications d...
0
0
4
wrote a new article illustrating this by showing how a AI model's World knowledge instantly gives AI apps useful features:
lukew.com
Applications built on top of large-scale AI models benefit from the AI model's built-in capabilities without requiring app developers to write additional code. ...
1
0
5
one big difference between AI apps & traditional apps: apps built on top of AI models inherit the model's built-in capabilities vs. requiring developers to write code.
2
3
41
and. what does my personal AI say to "is chat a terrible UI?"
ask.lukew.com
Explore LukeW's writings about digital product design in a new way using large-language AI models.
1
0
6
what does my personal AI say to "Is chat the future?".
ask.lukew.com
Explore LukeW's writings about digital product design in a new way using large-language AI models.
2
0
8
so I published the primary pros and cons of AI chat-based applications in a new article:
lukew.com
As the proliferation of AI-powered chat interfaces in software continues, people increasingly take one of two sides. Chat is the future of all UI or chat is a t...
2
2
12
when I post about AI chat app problems, I get loads of "chat is the future of all UI" replies. when I post about AI chat app benefits, I get loads of "chat is a terrible UI" replies.
7
4
72
the only way to have the argument: is chat the future or a terrible UI?.
4
0
9
wrote a new article on how "what applications are and how they're built" changes with technology platform shifts and why most companies will end up rebuilding their apps:
lukew.com
With each major technology platform shift, people underestimate how much "what an application is and how it's built" changes. From mainframes to PCs, to Web, to...
0
0
7
FWIW from 2013: "Every mobile app attempts to expand until it includes chat. Those applications which do not are replaced by ones which can.".
lukew.com
From phone calls to SMS, mobile devices have deep roots in communication. So it's no wonder that people use them to talk to each other -a lot. In fact, this beh...
1
0
5
compounding capabilities.
Since nano banana has gemini's world knowledge, you can just upload screenshots of the real world and ask it to annotate stuff for you. "you are a location-based AR experience generator. highlight [point of interest] in this image and annotate relevant information about it."
1
2
22
A new proposal from @CMSgov under @DrOz wants to add catheters, ostomy & trach supplies to Medicare’s competitive bidding program. This is a bad idea and will worsen outcomes for seniors & Medicare recipients. My latest in @MedPageToday explains why ⬇️
medpagetoday.com
Limiting urological, tracheostomy, and ostomy supply options will do more harm than good
13
22
182
giving a free online talk (Sept 4th) on how to rethink Website interactions using AI and large language models:.
0
4
15