Why Designing for GenAI is Different

Hosted by Jared Spool

Tue, Aug 12, 2025

2:30 PM UTC (1 hour 30 minutes)

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UX & Design in an AI World: Strategic Fundamentals
Jared Spool
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What you'll learn

Optimize your designs for what GenAI is best at.

Today’s Large Language Models are limited in what they can do well. Our UX work needs to bring out their best.

GenAI design is a conversation between users and the LLM.

Designing a prompt-based user interface presents special challenges that require a sophisticated, nuanced approach.

Overcoming people’s exceptionally high expectations of AI.

How do you deliver innovative, groundbreaking solutions when working within the limitations of today’s AI capabilities?

Why this topic matters

Generative AI has captured our imagination, presenting a seemingly endless potential for new capabilities. However, GenAI doesn’t work like other technology. Designing for a prompt-based interaction model, while guiding our users and customers to get the most from the underlying “intelligence,” can bring unusual challenges for today’s UX professionals.

You'll learn from

Jared Spool

Center Centre’s Maker of Awesomeness and expert in UX Strategy.

Jared has seen a few things in his 49 years of experience. He’s been in this industry since the dawn of personal computing. He has witnessed the emergence of personal software, websites, apps, and social networking, including good and bad designs.


In this Lightning Lesson, Jared will explore how GenAI makes designers’ work challenging. Discover how successful UX leaders tackle these challenges and tame the inconsistent chaos of AI.

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