Weekly curated resources for designersthinkers andmakers.Many of the ways enterprises have rushed to bolt on AI to their products and services (never mind their brand images) reveal precious little consideration of any actual UX strategy and trample foundational principles of user-centered product design and, often, well-established heuristics of usability.Its also a good bet that the haste to react to still unproven market hype and satisfy impatient investors and restless creative directors is likely to degrade the overall user experience in the short term, making the thoughtful adoption of AI in the general population in the long term less likely instead ofmore.The frantic race to push out half-baked AI features By Patrick SharbaughSlow Research is dead [Sponsored] Painful, Slow Research was passionate about slowing down product development, hiding in fragmented tools, hoarding knowledge in silos, and causing unnecessary friction for teams. Theyre survived by Dovetail, the leading AI-powered customer insights hub that gives everyone on the product team instant access to customer insights, at any time. RIP Painful, Slow Research. Long live shared customer understanding.Editor picksThe problem with growth Why products are failing now.By JoannaWeberDraw your own maps The quest for workplace clarity.By TripCarrollIts not you, its me, Adobe Why I finally broke up with the giant.By NeelDozomeThe UX Collective is an independent design publication that elevates unheard design voices and helps designers think more critically about theirwork.The vibrant evolution: Microsofts colorful transformation Make methinkHow to keep IA projects from going off the rails Before, projects often felt vague and disorganized at the beginning and only got messier the more work we did. Now, everyone starts with a clear sense of what needs to be done and in what sequence, and stay on board throughout the project.Intent-driven user interfaces While these kinds of interactions wont immediately replace conventional graphical user interface controls, its pretty clear they enable a new way of control software with hundreds of features just tell it what you want todo.Mapping the landscape of gen-AI product user experience The problem is that there are so many AI products. Everything overlaps and its all so noisywhich makes it hard to have a conversation about what kind of product you want to build. So Ive been working on mapping the landscape.Little gems thisweekWhat Vincent taught me about design By Rita Kind-EnvyDesigning with maps and data: visualizing vacancy in St. Louis By KobyMorenoFigmas UI3: the psychology of adaptation By KristianK.Tools and resourcesDesign tokens demystified Types, benefits, and applications.By T.T.TRINKUSHUX Research for busy PMs How to identify customers, ask the right questions, and find insights.By VikramGoyalAdvanced Figma tips & tricks Little gems we love in 2024.By Christine VallaureSupport the newsletterIf you find our content helpful, heres how you can supportus:Check out this weeks sponsor to support their worktooForward this email to a friend and invite them to subscribeShare open positions on our jobboardSponsor aneditionThe AI feature race, adapting to Figma UI3, advanced Figma tips & tricks was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.