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Legible AI

Why the hardest design problem for AI interfaces isn't the model — it's the margin.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. The thing we call “AI UX” is usually three different jobs wearing the same badge.

The three jobs

First, there’s the surface where the model speaks. Second, there’s the surface where the model’s uncertainty shows. Third — and this is the one most products skip — there’s the surface where the human corrects the model.

The margin is where legibility lives.

What margin looks like

Consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor. A footnote indicator. A hover that reveals provenance. A shortcut that says “this was wrong” and actually routes somewhere.

Jason Brock

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