@alanjohndix.bsky.social
Really looking forward to delivering the @IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation masterclass on AI, HCI and UX on Thursday.
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An HCI Approach to Designing UX for AI and with AI
Learn to design UX for AI and with AI through an HCI lens, using AI as "appropriate intelligence" to support faster concepts, accessibility, and reflection.
ixdf.org
September 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Really looking forward to delivering the @IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation masterclass on AI, HCI and UX on Thursday.
ixdf.org/master-class...
ixdf.org/master-class...
Autonomous AI warfare – have we silently slipped into a new and frightening world. Reports suggest that fully autonomous drones have been deployed in the Ukraine. This is a crossing the Rubicon moment for AI warfare, which, like Hiroshima, will be hard to reverse.
alandix.com/blog/2026/06...
alandix.com/blog/2026/06...
Autonomous AI warfare – have we silently slipped into a new and frightening world
It was only a matter of time - Channel 4 and France 24 report that the first autonomous drones have been used in Ukraine. The world has entered a new age of warfare and it will be hard to draw back.
alandix.com
June 4, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Autonomous AI warfare – have we silently slipped into a new and frightening world. Reports suggest that fully autonomous drones have been deployed in the Ukraine. This is a crossing the Rubicon moment for AI warfare, which, like Hiroshima, will be hard to reverse.
alandix.com/blog/2026/06...
alandix.com/blog/2026/06...
Wonderful to attend the launch of "Stories at the Edge of Memory" at the Wales Millennium Centre last night, the culmination of an oral history project celebrating the diverse culture and community of the Bute Town area of Cardiff.
figshare.cardiffmet.ac.uk/articles/boo...
figshare.cardiffmet.ac.uk/articles/boo...
May 20, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Wonderful to attend the launch of "Stories at the Edge of Memory" at the Wales Millennium Centre last night, the culmination of an oral history project celebrating the diverse culture and community of the Bute Town area of Cardiff.
figshare.cardiffmet.ac.uk/articles/boo...
figshare.cardiffmet.ac.uk/articles/boo...
The Abomination of AI – part 8 – summary and recap
This final post recaps and reflects on how runaway AI industry undermines free markets and how we can make a difference. The core question is not what can AI do, but what should AI do?
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
This final post recaps and reflects on how runaway AI industry undermines free markets and how we can make a difference. The core question is not what can AI do, but what should AI do?
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
The Abomination of AI – part 8 – summary and recap
This final post recaps what we’ve learnt about the runaway nature of the AI industry, how it undermines free markets, and how we can make a difference. The core question is not what can AI do, but wha...
alandix.com
May 7, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The Abomination of AI – part 8 – summary and recap
This final post recaps and reflects on how runaway AI industry undermines free markets and how we can make a difference. The core question is not what can AI do, but what should AI do?
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
This final post recaps and reflects on how runaway AI industry undermines free markets and how we can make a difference. The core question is not what can AI do, but what should AI do?
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
Facial recognition software in shops misidentifies innocent people as potential shoplifters. The company providing the service claims it is highly accurate ... but how accurate is accurate enough?
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
Facial recognition -- what does accuracy mean?
What does accuracy mean in practice? Is 99.98% good enough? Facial recognition is being rolled out at pace; how do we balance the risks and benefits, especially for a technology that is often biased...
alandix.com
May 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Facial recognition software in shops misidentifies innocent people as potential shoplifters. The company providing the service claims it is highly accurate ... but how accurate is accurate enough?
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
alandix.com/blog/2026/05...
If you read beyond the headline, this points to near-horizon, highly appropriate and potentially life-saving use of AI as a second opinion that can find potentially important issues buried in voluminous medical notes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses
Researchers say results mark a really ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2026 at 8:27 AM
If you read beyond the headline, this points to near-horizon, highly appropriate and potentially life-saving use of AI as a second opinion that can find potentially important issues buried in voluminous medical notes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The Abomination of AI – part 7 – what can we do? It all seems too big, requiring national and international responses. But we can make a difference using appropriately chosen small AI (including none). Plus, this good use of AI is good for business too.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 7 – what can we do?
It all seems too big, requiring national and international responses. But we can make a difference using appropriately chosen small AI (including none). Plus, this good use of AI is good for business...
alandix.com
April 30, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The Abomination of AI – part 7 – what can we do? It all seems too big, requiring national and international responses. But we can make a difference using appropriately chosen small AI (including none). Plus, this good use of AI is good for business too.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
Last week I returned the final proofs for my chapter on Network-Based Interaction in the 4th edition of Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction edited by Julie Jacko. As a taster, I've made slides of my chapter structure and figures.
alandix.com/academic/pap...
alandix.com/academic/pap...
Network-Based Interaction
Networks pervade almost every computer system we use; indeed they are deeply enmeshed in the fabric of society. In some cases, such as making a video call, we are directly aware that we are using a ne...
alandix.com
April 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Last week I returned the final proofs for my chapter on Network-Based Interaction in the 4th edition of Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction edited by Julie Jacko. As a taster, I've made slides of my chapter structure and figures.
alandix.com/academic/pap...
alandix.com/academic/pap...
The Abomination of AI – part 6 – should we worry? Runaway growth of AI is not painless – opportunity costs of investment and human costs of lost jobs. Gains may be transitory – buy-now-pay-later tech risk tying users into spiralling costs. alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 6 – should we worry?
Runaway growth of AI is not painless – opportunity costs of investment and human costs of lost jobs. Gains may be transitory – buy-now-pay-later tech risk tying users into spiralling costs.
alandix.com
April 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The Abomination of AI – part 6 – should we worry? Runaway growth of AI is not painless – opportunity costs of investment and human costs of lost jobs. Gains may be transitory – buy-now-pay-later tech risk tying users into spiralling costs. alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 5 – The very nature of digital technology and AI breaks free markets leading to runaway inequality, even with the best intentions of industry … but some tech companies further exploit these effects.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 5 – digital and AI breaks market economics
The very nature of digital technology and AI breaks free markets leading to runaway inequality, even with the best intentions of industry … but some tech companies further exploit these effects.
alandix.com
April 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The Abomination of AI – part 5 – The very nature of digital technology and AI breaks free markets leading to runaway inequality, even with the best intentions of industry … but some tech companies further exploit these effects.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
Why do big applications such as MS Word and Gmail get new errors in heavily used parts that used to work? Is it poor coding, poor engineering or just AI? These are minor problems but multiplied by billions of users worldwide create huge societal costs.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
Minor bugs in major applications
Why do big applications such as MS Word and Gmail get new errors in heavily used parts that used to work? Two have been annoying me lately: Gmail's disappearing send button and Word's phantom changes....
alandix.com
April 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Why do big applications such as MS Word and Gmail get new errors in heavily used parts that used to work? Is it poor coding, poor engineering or just AI? These are minor problems but multiplied by billions of users worldwide create huge societal costs.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
I won’t be at CHI in Barcelona, but I'd like to highlight two events I would have been part of had I been there: the UXR POV Workshop and the panel on Reporting Standards and Checklists in the Age of AI.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
April 11, 2026 at 6:42 AM
I won’t be at CHI in Barcelona, but I'd like to highlight two events I would have been part of had I been there: the UXR POV Workshop and the panel on Reporting Standards and Checklists in the Age of AI.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 4 – why is this happening? Network externalities, the way one person’s use of AI and digital tech changes its value for others, creates positive feedback loops, leads to runaway growth and emergent monopolies, the nemesis of free markets.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
April 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The Abomination of AI – part 4 – why is this happening? Network externalities, the way one person’s use of AI and digital tech changes its value for others, creates positive feedback loops, leads to runaway growth and emergent monopolies, the nemesis of free markets.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 3 – a different kind of apocalypse.
Doomsayers worry about the point when AI becomes sentient, outgrowing its creators. The real danger is more insidious: the massive financial and human impacts of AI seem almost obscene.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
Doomsayers worry about the point when AI becomes sentient, outgrowing its creators. The real danger is more insidious: the massive financial and human impacts of AI seem almost obscene.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 3 – a different kind of apocalypse
Doomsayers worry about the point when AI becomes sentient, outgrowing its creators. The real danger is more insidious: the massive financial and human impacts of AI seem almost obscene.
alandix.com
April 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The Abomination of AI – part 3 – a different kind of apocalypse.
Doomsayers worry about the point when AI becomes sentient, outgrowing its creators. The real danger is more insidious: the massive financial and human impacts of AI seem almost obscene.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
Doomsayers worry about the point when AI becomes sentient, outgrowing its creators. The real danger is more insidious: the massive financial and human impacts of AI seem almost obscene.
alandix.com/blog/2026/04...
The Abomination of AI – part 2 – the impact of AI. The obvious impact of AI is in the things it does directly, but some technologies also change the very nature of society, affecting even those who do not use them. Cars are one example, AI is also.
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
The Abomination of AI – part 2 – the impact of AI
The obvious impact of AI is in the things it does directly. Some technologies also change the very nature of society, affecting even those who do not use them. Cars are an obvious example. AI is su...
alandix.com
March 26, 2026 at 8:22 AM
The Abomination of AI – part 2 – the impact of AI. The obvious impact of AI is in the things it does directly, but some technologies also change the very nature of society, affecting even those who do not use them. Cars are one example, AI is also.
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
The Abomination of AI – part 1 – setting the scene. First of a series of posts based on my ICoSCI 2026 keynote. The AI industry seems out of control as digital tech and AI undermine the assumptions of market economics driving massive inequality.
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
The Abomination of AI – part 1 – setting the scene
AI can be used for good or ill, but the AI industry seems out of control. Digital tech and AI undermine the assumptions of market economics, driving massive inequality. What drives this and what can w...
alandix.com
March 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The Abomination of AI – part 1 – setting the scene. First of a series of posts based on my ICoSCI 2026 keynote. The AI industry seems out of control as digital tech and AI undermine the assumptions of market economics driving massive inequality.
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
alandix.com/blog/2026/03...
Just finished my response to UK gov consultation on the BBC charter. Really important to ensure independent and high quality BBC available to all. Not perfect, but amongst the best in the world, despite so much external pressure.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
The BBC Charter Review is time for bold choices to secure benefits of public service media for generations
The BBC warns this Charter Review is the moment to make clear choices to back the organisation and support all that it delivers for the UK
www.bbc.co.uk
March 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Just finished my response to UK gov consultation on the BBC charter. Really important to ensure independent and high quality BBC available to all. Not perfect, but amongst the best in the world, despite so much external pressure.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Manuscript of Human–Computer Interaction the Basics sent to the publisher at the end of last week. It is a succinct ~30K word overview of #HCI that tries to open up the area to the newcomer, and along the way offer some fresh insights for the experienced UXer.
basics.hcibook.com
basics.hcibook.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Manuscript of Human–Computer Interaction the Basics sent to the publisher at the end of last week. It is a succinct ~30K word overview of #HCI that tries to open up the area to the newcomer, and along the way offer some fresh insights for the experienced UXer.
basics.hcibook.com
basics.hcibook.com
Video and slides now online for my talk last week "Beyond the Algorithm: Designing Human-Centric Public Service with AI" – How can AI truly serve the community? HCI and human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation.
alandix.com/academic/tal...
alandix.com/academic/tal...
Beyond the Algorithm: Designing Human-Centric Public Service with AI
How can AI truly serve the community? A dialogue on the potential of HCI in designing smart public services, placing human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation.
alandix.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Video and slides now online for my talk last week "Beyond the Algorithm: Designing Human-Centric Public Service with AI" – How can AI truly serve the community? HCI and human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation.
alandix.com/academic/tal...
alandix.com/academic/tal...
Looking forward to "Beyond the Algorithm: Designing Human-Centric Public Services with AI", tomorrow.
"A dialogue on the potential of HCI in designing smart public services, placing human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation."
www.linkedin.com/posts/phd-sd...
"A dialogue on the potential of HCI in designing smart public services, placing human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation."
www.linkedin.com/posts/phd-sd...
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Looking forward to "Beyond the Algorithm: Designing Human-Centric Public Services with AI", tomorrow.
"A dialogue on the potential of HCI in designing smart public services, placing human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation."
www.linkedin.com/posts/phd-sd...
"A dialogue on the potential of HCI in designing smart public services, placing human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation."
www.linkedin.com/posts/phd-sd...
Lightly edited video now available of "The Abomination of AI" my keynote at ICoSCI.
How the intrinsic nature of AI technology interacts with market economics, to create self-feeding loops and runaway effects that fundamental change the world we live in.
alandix.com/academic/tal...
How the intrinsic nature of AI technology interacts with market economics, to create self-feeding loops and runaway effects that fundamental change the world we live in.
alandix.com/academic/tal...
The Abomination of AI
AI can be used for tremendous good, not least in medicine, as well as frivolous and dangerous uses, such as exploitative online pornography. However, it also has large scale structural impacts on the...
alandix.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Lightly edited video now available of "The Abomination of AI" my keynote at ICoSCI.
How the intrinsic nature of AI technology interacts with market economics, to create self-feeding loops and runaway effects that fundamental change the world we live in.
alandix.com/academic/tal...
How the intrinsic nature of AI technology interacts with market economics, to create self-feeding loops and runaway effects that fundamental change the world we live in.
alandix.com/academic/tal...
The Abomination of AI – keynote at ICoSCI yesterday, slides uploaded now. While AI can be used for good or ill, far more critical are the structural impacts of AI on society, global economics and the environment.
@cardiffmet.bsky.social
alandix.com/academic/tal...
@cardiffmet.bsky.social
alandix.com/academic/tal...
The Abomination of AI
AI can be used for tremendous good, not least in medicine, as well as frivolous and dangerous uses, such as exploitative online pornography. However, it also has large scale structural impacts on the...
alandix.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM
The Abomination of AI – keynote at ICoSCI yesterday, slides uploaded now. While AI can be used for good or ill, far more critical are the structural impacts of AI on society, global economics and the environment.
@cardiffmet.bsky.social
alandix.com/academic/tal...
@cardiffmet.bsky.social
alandix.com/academic/tal...
Where does £1m of research spend create the greatest amount of high-quality research? UK REF 2021 data includes both income and research quality, so you can work it out. Value-for-money research league tables look a little different from the usual ones!
alandix.com/ref2021/
alandix.com/ref2021/
REF 2021 – Assessing Value for Money
This microsite presents the results of a value for money exercise based on an analysis of public domain data from the UK REF 2021 Research Assessment Exercise. Note this analysis focuses solely on Un...
alandix.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Where does £1m of research spend create the greatest amount of high-quality research? UK REF 2021 data includes both income and research quality, so you can work it out. Value-for-money research league tables look a little different from the usual ones!
alandix.com/ref2021/
alandix.com/ref2021/
Great to see Proper Maps, my stimulated paper in IxD&A Journal. The paper explores maps of varying levels of propriety to explore the theoretical and practical world of cartography and suggest how digital technology can enable a diverse ecology of improper mapping doi.org/10.55612/s-5...
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great to see Proper Maps, my stimulated paper in IxD&A Journal. The paper explores maps of varying levels of propriety to explore the theoretical and practical world of cartography and suggest how digital technology can enable a diverse ecology of improper mapping doi.org/10.55612/s-5...