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AI interfaces focus on workflows and actions rather than static UI elements
  • Traditional software UI consists of static elements like buttons, forms, and dropdowns (nouns)
  • AI interfaces emphasize dynamic processes like auto-complete, auto-suggest, and information gathering (verbs)
  • Current design tooling isn't optimized for visualizing these dynamic workflows
  • The challenge is representing actions visually in interfaces where the AI handles complex processes
Raphael ShadY Combinator00:00:50

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00:00:50
“software of today or kind of like up until this point was mostly kind of like just clear things you can point out on the screen um that are you know kind of nouns like text forms drop downs buttons Etc and with AI what really changes is I think so much of the design of what AI does is kind of more verbs um it's more the workflows Auto Complete Auto suggest um go out and gather some information for me Etc” — Raphael Shad
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00:01:17
“we don't really have the tooling yet to kind of draw verbs on the screen and so that's what's really fascinating how you know this software is now emerging in this new AO World” — Raphael Shad

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From Nouns to Verbs: The Shift in AI Interface Design

Traditional interfaces focused on static elements (nouns) like buttons and forms, while AI interfaces emphasize actions (verbs) like auto-complete and autonomous workflows. This shift requires new design paradigms to visualize dynamic processes.

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