Gut feeling, adopting the AI label, new UX process, genAI in research

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.

“Peirce believed abduction was the starting point of thought. The origin of all insight. It’s how new ideas enter the room. It’s what lets a product team hypothesize why a metric dropped. What lets a designer anticipate confusion before it happens. What lets a researcher frame the right question — not just analyze the data.”

There’s logic behind your gut feeling →
By Nate Sowder

Editor picks

• Click-to-cancel lost the battle →
  How FTC’s rule might be revived after all.
  By Daley Wilhelm
• Think twice before adopting the AI label →
  Rethinking work dynamics and technical fluency across roles.
  By Kike Peña
• The right to reflect →
  Making space for those never meant to be heard.
  By Nate Sowder

The UX Collective is an independent design publication that elevates unheard design voices and helps designers think more critically about their work.

ADA video compliance checklist →

Make me think

• A treatise on AI chatbots undermining the enlightenment →
  “Professor Bell’s thesis is that our current AI chatbots contradict and undermine the original Enlightenment values. Values that are implicitly sacred in our modern culture; active intellectual engagement, sceptical inquiry, and challenging received wisdom.”
• I know when you’re vibe coding →
  “I know the code was generated because it was written in a way no developer on the team would. It works, it’s clear, it’s tested, and it’s maintainable. But it’s written in a way that doesn’t follow the project conventions we’ve accepted. I know it wasn’t written by a human.”
• God created men; Sam Altman made them equal →
  “But if AI becomes mundane magic, and successfully confers mundane magical powers to every average Joe, what will happen to us? Case study, anybody? When was the last time the gods dropped a Death Note on Earth?”

Little gems this week

What building products looks like in the age of AI →
By Ben

Information pollution, poisoning, and hygiene →
By A Madsen

Colonoscopy and candy drops: crafting peak-end experiences →
By Urszula Kluz

Tools and resources

• How I use generative AI for research in 2025 →
  The field of UX is undergoing a dizzying GenAI takeover.
  By Tania Ostanina
• Claude’s search for an accessible color triad →
  A GenAI dataviz story.
  By Theresa-Marie Rhyne
• A comprehensive guide to Systems Thinking →
  Embracing a holistic understanding of interconnectedness.
  By Zeeshan Khalid

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