I just spent my entire morning checking my latest job postings on LinkedIn, sigh of deep…deep…deep…frustration. The experience. It’s simply mind numbing. Click jobs. Looks for my latest job postings. Click. My jobs. Click. Posted Jobs. Click. Selected job. Click. View candidates. Sort…filter…mark as fit. Write message. View profile… view resume… view portfolio link… jump back to trying to find the applicants amongst the endless features and menu items… rinse and repeat. Click. View profile. Click. Open job post. Click. Mark candidate status. Click. Back to inbox. Thank you LinkedIn, I think I just developed click dysmorphia. Click Dysmorphia - the frustrating distortion between how we naturally want to interact with interfaces versus how we’re forced to interact with them. Soul sucking, dated Interface DesignYou can’t say they didn’t try though, they are doing what most are doing now. Slapping in an AI feature, “we’ve checked the AI box!”. But LinkedIn’s integration of “write with AI” for job posts is like a slap in the face of the capabilities of interface design today. The level of opportunity for interface now… endless. I can go from just thinking about a job posting to having responded to 100’s of perfect fit candidates. I don’t want this automated, no. That’s soulless. I want to be part of this workflow. I want to engage in the parts I want to engage and remove the monotony of the time-sucking clicks and broken workflows. Because this world is transforming. AI is creating a new reality for interface design, and I simply. Can. Not. Wait. UI design is reaching a new level of authentic workflow optimization. With this, interface design has become what I’ve wanted in my wildest design dreams. Humanized. Natural. Fluid. Adaptable. It’s a breath of fresh air. The traditional “click, click, click” approach to interface design… it’s becoming obsolete. Natural language UI isn’t just about removing clicks, it’s about making technology work the way our brains work. We deserve better than endless clicking and broken workflows. Without the unnecessary steps… we flow… without the constant context switching… we focus… and without the rigid workflows… we get to do more parts of our jobs that we love. Dear future interfaces… The days of adapting to software are ending. It’s time for software to adapt to us. And it’s about time. — Olivia P.S. Back to clicking through LinkedIn profiles! But hopefully not for much longer 😎 #NaturalLanguageUI #UX #ProductDesign #FutureOfTech #AI Click Dysmorphia: How AI Could Save Me From 100+ LinkedIn Clicks was originally published in BABCO on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

What My Kids Taught Me About AI Interface Design & Why We Should All Be Taking Notes As a managing partner at BABCO, I’m working with AI tools daily, and such, conversations about AI happen often in our household. Our kids are frequent early adopters. “Mommy, can you ask ChatGPT to be my spelling teacher?” Olivia Batraski on LinkedIn: #homeschool #homeschool #hobbies #garagband #kidscandesign #aidesign #ai... Watching my kids navigate AI has completely transformed my perspective on interface design. Every day… every single day… I witness my children interacting with AI in ways that would never occur to adult designers. They don’t see AI as a tool — they see it as a creative partner, a teacher, a friend. Take Landon’s spelling practice. Instead of traditional flashcards, he’s having animated conversations with ChatGPT’s voice mode. He corrects its pronunciation, asks it to slow down, suggests when it should be more encouraging. Without realizing it, he’s giving me a masterclass in natural AI interaction design. “Natural user interface (NUI) is a design philosophy that aims to make human-computer interaction feel as intuitive as possible — essentially invisible to the user.” Meanwhile, my daughter has turned our AI tools into her personal music production studio. She doesn’t care about technical specifications or optimal workflows. She just… creates. Experiments. Iterates. The interface either enables her creativity or gets in her way — there’s no in-between. Here’s what my tiny UI/UX experts have taught me: 1. Playfulness MattersWhen my kids interact with AI, they’re not afraid to fail. They treat each interaction as an experiment, not a task. This fearless approach to technology leads to discoveries we “experts” might miss. 2. Natural Conversation is KeyWatching them chat with AI showed me that the most effective interfaces aren’t just functional — they’re conversational. They flow naturally, like talking to a friend. 3. Surprise & Delight“Mommy, it understood me!” The joy in their voices when AI responds correctly is a reminder that good feedback isn’t just about accuracy — it’s about creating moments of delight. 4. Magical ExpectationsThe biggest one — they expect the interface to be “magical”. In that it adjust quickly to what they want it to do. Mid-interaction to their task. Not 6 months down the products roadmap. In this world, interface design is evolving faster than our traditional design principles can keep up. The next generation… they won’t want to distinguish between digital and physical interactions. They will expect technology to be as natural as breathing. I want my kids to know that their intuitive approach, their new expectation around AI isn’t just cute — it’s revolutionary. They’re showing us the future of the expectations of human-AI interaction. My son created a business plan, learns spelling, and casually suggests UX improvements to ChatGPT along the way. My daughter creates coloring sheets to a perfect match to her dreams, produces songs that could rival any pop star’s. They’re not just using AI — they’re showing us the new expectations for how interfaces will be expected to work. These AI natives aren’t just users — they’re our best teachers. Watch how children interact with AI, and you’ll see the future of design. P.S. Landon, if you’re reading this years from now — yes, you were officially cooler than mom way back in 90's! 😎 Work with BABCOBABCO is a global design and engineering powerhouse crafting the future of AI brands and products. Build something iconic with us. What My Kids Taught Me About AI Interface Design (And Why We Should All Be Taking Notes) was originally published in BABCO on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

We’re standing at the edge of something transformative in interface design. Not an iteration. Not an improvement. A complete reinvention of how humans interact with technology. I’ve spent over two decades designing interfaces for some of the world’s most innovative companies. And in all that time, I’ve never seen anything like what’s happening right now. The convergence of AI with human-centered design is creating possibilities that would have seemed like science fiction even a few years ago. The conventional wisdom said this was impossible. That business analytics required complexity. That you couldn’t build something both powerful and simple. The conventional wisdom was wrong. Working with Arch’s product and engineering team, we stripped away every unnecessary element. Every button that didn’t need to be there. Every menu that added friction. What emerged was something entirely new: an interface that disappears, letting you focus entirely on your business questions. The magic happens in the details. The way the AI anticipates your next question. How it surfaces relevant context at just the right moment. The subtle animations that make complex data transformations feel natural and intuitive. But here’s what really excites me: This approach fundamentally changes the relationship between humans and their tools. Instead of forcing people to think like computers, we’re finally building interfaces that think like humans. Analysis that used to take days now happens in minutes Teams can spend 90% less time building reports Analytics adoption skyrocketing across organizations But we’re just scratching the surface. The next generation of interfaces will be even more intuitive, more predictive, more human. Imagine an interface that doesn’t just understand your questions, but helps you ask better ones. That doesn’t just present data, but surfaces insights you didn’t even know to look for. This isn’t just about adding AI features or making things look prettier. It’s about fundamentally reimagining the relationship between humans and technology. Every assumption about how interfaces should work is up for questioning. Every interaction is an opportunity for innovation. For product teams and designers, this represents both a challenge and an opportunity. The old rulebooks about interface design are becoming obsolete. We need to think bigger. To question everything. To design not just for usability, but for intelligence. The stakes couldn’t be higher. As AI becomes more powerful, the interfaces we design will determine whether that power becomes accessible and useful, or remains locked behind layers of complexity. At BABCO, we’re betting on simplicity. On natural interaction. On interfaces that feel less like software and more like conversations with an incredibly knowledgeable colleague. Because in the end, the best interface isn’t one that shows you how clever it is. It’s one that makes you feel clever. That amplifies your capabilities without getting in your way. That turns complex tasks into natural conversations. That’s the revolution we’re working toward. And it’s happening faster than anyone expected. The future of interface design isn’t about more buttons or menus. It’s about less. About making technology so natural, so intuitive, that it feels like an extension of human thought. And we’re just getting started. Work with BABCOBABCO is a global design and engineering powerhouse crafting the future of AI brands and products. Build something iconic with us. The Coming Revolution in Interface Design was originally published in BABCO on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.