Software designers must abandon their roles as the custodians of libraries, logic and grids

Designers should use AI's foibles as a chance to move away from the ruthlessly rational approach that has come to dominate software, writes Nick Foster.

There's been plenty of talk about the neutral, pared back and increasingly homogenous design of today's electronic devices. Less frequently discussed, but arguably more significant, is how this trend has affected the software that lies within.

For decades, the creators of software have followed a dogma of experiential seamlessness...