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AI UX: The Limits of Declarative Interfaces - Sara Du

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Why we'll still be clicking in 2030

AI UX: The Limits of Declarative Interfaces Why we'll still be clicking in 2030 Sara Du Jan 08, 2026 36 6 Share The magic of LLM-powered interfaces is the shift from procedural interactions (“click A, then B, then C”) to declarative ones (“do this for me”). Photo editing tools are a canonical example of this. In 2015, removing an object from an image required learning a multi-step procedure: lassoing the object, feathering edges, clone-stamping the background, and hoping it looked natural. Today, you select an area and type “remove.” The interface, instead of teaching you how to do something,

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