iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Replies

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Becoming important for the wrong reasons is a ticking time bomb. UX made the same mistake in the 2010s: corpos were excited about the ability of designers to produce screens, so the entire practice oriented around UI to gain legitimacy. Forward to the 2020s: "Claude can do UI, why do we need you?"

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app

"But there is no honour for the humanities in regaining their standing through the attention of AI companies, if they engage only on the technology industry’s terms. In that case, they will have become important in exactly the wrong way." www.ft.com/content/bdb3...

ft.com

Why this philosopher turned down Anthropic

The AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questions

5:17 PM · Aug 9, 2026

1659

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Of course there are lots of other things UX designers do, not the least of which is doing the problem framing that you need to understand if those screens are *fit for purpose* But advocating for that meant pushing against the grain. It was easier to accept accolades for the unimportant work.

3240