I Used AI to Do My Work.
Here's How It Went…
Embarking on the creation of FairShare, a tip distribution system for restaurant staff, I delved into the realm of AI, exploring tools like ChatGPT, QoQo.ai, and Figma.
Here's my journey of collaboration between artificial intelligence, human creativity, and the intricacies of design challenges.
AI in Action:
Initially, I tasked AI with defining calculation logic, ethical distribution methods, and outlining total hours worked.
ChatGPT proved useful as a brainstorming companion, yet it required my personal touch—accordions and cherry-picking—to refine its ideas.
Figma's Magic and Design Challenges:
Figma, armed with AI capabilities, facilitated the creation of information architecture, user journey maps, affinity maps, and personas.
However, design challenges emerged as the projected typography didn't align with the grids I had built for the layout, requiring adjustments for a seamless visual experience.
A Collaborative Approach:
To enrich the design process, I employed QoQo.ai, an AI Figma plugin, which generated information architecture, user journey maps, affinity maps, and design briefs based on prompts written by either QoQo.ai or ChatGPT.
This collaborative approach aimed to harness the strengths of both AI tools to inform the FairShare project.
A Human Touch:
Recognizing the need for a personal touch, I decided to tackle UX problems sans AI, seeking the right balance between automated assistance and human creativity.
User Preferences Unveiled:
To gauge user preferences, I plan to conduct usability tests on both AI-assisted and human-made options.
Can users distinguish between the two, and do they lean towards one over the other? It's time to uncover their preferences.
Building FairShare's Home and Design Quandaries:
Moving forward, the focus shifts to creating the FairShare website—snazzy, functional, and accessible, adhering to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript principles.
However, design challenges persist.
The projected typography didn't align with the grids I had built for the layout, requiring adjustments for a seamless visual experience.
Button Component Predicament:
Yet, another challenge surfaces as the prototype of a button component in Figma presents a discrepancy.
While the text inside gets larger on hover, the coded version increases in size to maintain consistent padding.
Solving this problem becomes the next hurdle in our journey.
Managing Employees with Ease:
The final frontier involves designing an intuitive interface for employee management within FairShare, adding employees to the tip pool, and prototyping a kebab menu in Figma for input fields.
AI's Limitations: Capturing the Essence of My Story
While AI proved a helpful companion in various tasks, there's one realm it grapples with – telling my story accurately.
This exploration dives into the challenges stemming from AI's strengths and limitations.
AI's Strengths and Shortcomings:
AI, like a digital assistant, excels in tasks such as calculation logic and UX design.
However, when it comes to storytelling, it falters, lacking the ability to read between the lines or grasp nuance without the full context.
The Context Conundrum:
AI, not a mind-reader, relies on explicit details and background information to spin a compelling narrative.
Without the right context, the output may miss the mark.
The Character Limit Struggle:
Further complicating matters is the character limit—a constraint that challenges crafting a rich narrative within the confines of brevity.
It's akin to fitting a novel into a tweet.
The Human Touch:
Regardless of AI advancements, storytelling remains inherently human—rooted in emotions, experiences, and personal nuances that AI struggles to capture without the full picture.
Designing FairShare with Nuance and Challenges:
In the broader canvas of FairShare's journey, design challenges surfaced as the projected typography and button component behavior presented hurdles.
Adjustments were necessary, and solving the button component dilemma is the next chapter in our design saga.
Conclusion:
While AI brings strengths to the table, it grapples with storytelling intricacies. The challenges of missing context and character limits persist.
As technology evolves, there's hope for improvement, but for now, the task of telling my story and solving design intricacies remains best entrusted to the nuanced understanding of a fellow human.
In the realm of FairShare, AI, human ingenuity, and the design journey intertwine, creating a dynamic tapestry of challenges and creative solutions.