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Generative AI
Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 3 years (2024–2026), in 6 threads.
People raised many different problems with Generative AI, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 7 complaints
- Each new generated UI must be learned, otherwise users get lost2026-09-09
- Interface buttons move around unpredictably, so users can't find or keep track of controls2025-12-07
- No clear path to learn it; unclear how to improve results through trial and error2025-08-22
- Confusing terminology across platforms makes document search setup hard to learn2025-08-18
- Per-user, shifting interfaces make features hard to predict, find, document, and support2024-04-06
- App looks different every time user logs in2024-04-06
- Buttons move and interfaces change unpredictably, so users can't find familiar controls2024-04-06