After attending a UX-focused conference a week ago, I continued to ponder the many and varied uses of AI technology. I learned so much and thank the UXPA group for a well-run and informative conference! The overarching sentiment of speakers and attendees was: embrace AI as a tool, and not view it as a hostile usurper. This makes a lot of sense and is a more balanced approach than many I’ve run into lately. In saying that, perhaps it is time to change the name of this series to “AI and Humans.” Perhaps.

AI vs. Human: Lovable AI Blog Post

The Tool: Lovable ( https://intelligent-interface-tales.lovable.app/_

The Task: Create a blog post about the intersection of AI and UX

I was inspired to explore some of the tools mentioned at the conference, and I thought I’d start with Lovable. How can you hate a tool with that name? 🙂 In keeping with this blog’s theme, my instructions were: “create a blog about the intersection of AI and UX.”

First, the banner is fairly professional looking, albeit very generic. The image may be for a neurology research poster presentation, or any science or tech topic, really. The title is fine, but again generic in tone, as appears to be the case with all AI content generators.

The remainder of the blog post reads like a PowerPoint presentation for a conference, ironically, and is not a terribly human-sounding reflection on someone’s work, research, writing, etc. And, indeed, when asking the lovely Lovable agent about sources for the content, it responded: The blog post was created using my general knowledge about AI and UX design trends, not from specific external sources. It’s AI-generated content based on common industry knowledge about topics like personalization, predictive design, accessibility, and conversational interfaces. If you’d like me to add actual citations or research specific sources to make it more authoritative, I can help you find and incorporate real studies and articles about AI-UX intersection.

The bulk of the text is here:

According to a Medium blog post, in a section titled, “Who Should Use Lovable?” the following was suggested:

Focusing in on the “Designer” suggestion is interesting, as Figma has been a leading design tool for quite some time now. As a communications generalist attempting to expand my skill set, the options are dizzying. And employers seem to expect some knowledge and skill set in Salesforce, AI machine learning, and graphics tools. It is difficult to know which tools to use and for what purpose. In addition, it seems just when one tool is adopted (and we adapt), another springs up.

More on this in a Part 2…