For decades, interfaces have led users through predefined paths — from the moment they click a button, to how content appears and adapts across screens. This has been based off user research and core custom value that needs to be unlocked in the least number of steps. Traditionally also, design has been a backward process based on customer feedback. The wheel was invented since people had problems moving, and a blender was designed since we needed to mix things together.

But with AI, things are different.

Early internet and AI

If you look at how the early internet came in, where people were just coding and building cool pages. Coding was literally a form of creative expression, where the Internet was a cool place for anyone to create anything. No standardisation, no rules. The internet used to feel like an uncharted frontier — an endless landscape full of discovery. You didn’t just browse; you explored, stumbling upon unfamiliar places and delightful surprises. 

The current AI wave is similar to that. Instead of moodboarding, hierarchies, and designing possibilities – people are first exploring the capabilities that they’ll be able to tame unbounded AI. The chatbot was and still is the most popular approach, but that still lacks the precision and a structure that allows AI to effectively solve and bring value for a problem statement.

As the hype and value of AI keep on increasing, so do the user expectations, but what they don’t realise is that since this new technology itself is riddled and essentially a ‘blackbox’ there needs to be a shape and an environment around it to build context and specificity for the AI to be effectively executed and give results. Hallucination is what good shape can essentially avoid.

Conclusion

I often think of the relationship between traditional UI and AI functionality as a kind of artistic workplace. Like a well-designed creative studio — familiar, purposeful, and built to support focused work—a strong interface creates the right environment for AI to thrive. It's not just about having powerful tools, but about shaping a space where those tools—especially the ‘magical’ ones powered by AI—can be used meaningfully.

Software like Dualite plays the role of this studio. It provides the structure, context, and tailored setup for specific workflows. AI doesn’t replace the studio—it’s a transformative new tool added to it.

Reinventing the build process is essential. Since more and more AI-native solutions will come up, designing these solutions will be different, and will need to check-in both on the tech feasibilities and niche, as well as the expectations from the users.

That's the approach we're taking up with Dualite. By focusing on frontend specifically, we're focused on constraining the untamed monster of AI and using it effectively.

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