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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/PavelASamsonov/statuses/111892089664925004">Pavel A. Samsonov (pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 05:34:05 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PavelASamsonov" title="pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/15219-48-20221031134757.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Pavel A. Samsonov" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Pavel A. Samsonov</a></section><article><p>AI has already been used to run scams, rip off artists, destroy search engines, and drown publishers under an avalanche of shit.</p><p>Now AI boosters found a new thing to enshittify: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserResearch" rel="tag">#UserResearch</a> .</p><p>"AI research is better than nothing" is the latest in a long series of "bad research is better than nothing" arguments that miss the point of research in the first place.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UXDesign" rel="tag">#UXDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwaredevelopment" rel="tag">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProductManagement" rel="tag">#ProductManagement</a> </p><p><a href="https://spavel.medium.com/no-ai-user-research-is-not-better-than-nothing-its-much-worse-5add678ab9e7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://spavel.medium.com/no-ai-user-research-is-not-better-than-nothing-its-much-worse-5add678ab9e7</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2689864#notice-5333686">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-02-08T05:34:05+09:00" title="Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 05:34:05 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PavelASamsonov/111892089664925004" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PavelASamsonov/111892089664925004">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: miro.medium.com</div><h5><a href="https://spavel.medium.com/no-ai-user-research-is-not-better-than-nothing-its-much-worse-5add678ab9e7">No, AI user research is not “better than nothing.” It’s much worse.</a></h5><div> from <span>https://spavel.medium.com</span></div></header><div>Synthetic insights are not research. They are the fastest path to destroy the margins on your product.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Pavel A. Samsonov (pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 05:34:05 JST Pavel A. Samsonov
AI has already been used to run scams, rip off artists, destroy search engines, and drown publishers under an avalanche of shit.
Now AI boosters found a new thing to enshittify: #UserResearch .
"AI research is better than nothing" is the latest in a long series of "bad research is better than nothing" arguments that miss the point of research in the first place.
#UXDesign #softwaredevelopment #ProductManagement
https://spavel.medium.com/no-ai-user-research-is-not-better-than-nothing-its-much-worse-5add678ab9e7
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