UX Camp Spring 2025
Over-reliance and deskilling: 2 long-term AI problems (and what designers can do about it)
AI is full of promise for users, but it introduces risk as well. The two we’ll talk about in this session are over-reliance and deskilling. Over-reliance is when users trust an AI’s output too much. Deskilling is when users lose skills they previously had, but handed off to the AI; with implications not just for users but for labor relations as well. The good news is that you as a designer can do something about each of these. Come hear Christopher Noessel introduce the problems, share examples (including two from pop culture: beloved Australian show Bluey, and Carol Beers from Little Britain), and walk us through the patterns we can implement to help take some of the sting out of AI.













