The Custodial Era of UX: Cleaning Up After AI
2.16T1.5 sourceNielsen Norman Group
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Published by Nielsen Norman Group (T1.5 source). The original is at https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ai-ux-debt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss-syndication.
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SummaryNielsen Norman Group frames a 'Custodial Era' of UX in which AI lets product teams ship faster than UX can review. The piece argues UX must build shared judgment, accelerate evaluation, and guide AI-generated designs rather than gate them.
Why it mattersNames a concrete tension between AI-driven output speed and UX review capacity, with a directional response for practitioners already feeling the backlog.
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