"AI is the new OS" inverts UX logic: more typing, less cognitive load
firasd · x · 2026-10-19
firasd revisits his own observation that "AI is the new OS" is counterintuitive to conventional UX thinking: asking Claude to look up Ozzy on Wikipedia took more characters than typing it into Google or Twitter search, yet carried lower cognitive load — no button-tapping or reading through results. The value of conversational AI lies in offloading interface friction, not raw input efficiency.
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