How to use ChatGPT for UI/UX design
I am sure that every reader reading this blog knows about ChatGPT, the terrific innovation of Open AI, which is an AI development and research company.
This ChatGPT was introduced in the market on November 30, 2022, and within 5 days of release, it got a million users which is a record-breaking stat over the other tech giants like Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, etc.
A recent study by USB states that this Chatbot has 100 million monthly active users and according to similar web research, the ChatGPT has an average of 13 million unique visitors daily in January which is doubled from December.
These stats are increased as a result of people flooding into this platform to generate answers for whatever they want. It helps many professionals in getting an initial idea about anything. But in this blog, we are gonna see how ChatGPT helps UI/UX designers in simplifying complex issues into easy solutions and getting things done by giving initial iteration on it.
Way to use ChatGPT for UI/UX design
Content Generation
This is the foremost application of ChatGPT. The UI/UX design professional can create taglines, copies, product descriptions, case studies, and other writing formats that will be included in the website using ChatGPT.
I guess this use case of ChatGPT helps writers more. Still, it is also the responsibility of designers to create interpretable content that helps in user navigation. ChatGPT can help them with the unique content generated out of the prompts like
“ tagline for kids wear ranging from the age 10 to 15”
Or
“The copy for menswear especially suits”
If a ChatGPT gives a more general answer, we can optimize the prompts to be more specific, and the ChatGPT will return the optimal answers.
Creating User flow
Devising a user flow for the webpage is something that UX/UI expert has to deal with carefully.
When starting something new, it will be hectic to know about the basic user flow for different domains. To make this easy, ChatGPT helps them with finding a generic view of the user flow.
Example prompts to get a user flow are “User Flow for Cosmetic store app”, User flow for medicine buying app that has to be understandable for the user age above 50”, User flow for flower bouquet ordering app.
Like this, more specific or generic prompts can be entered, and the ChatGPT will return with content from signup to order completion in an order that gives a better user experience.
If any step was missed by AI in the User flow, again we can prompt, saying that “ this section is missed” or “ this step can be removed." By following our prompt, the AI will reiterate the flow to give a new one.
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Page layout or wireframe
Also, we can ask ChatGPT to give a page layout or wireframes for the different websites like
“ Page layout for the finance app that aids financial management of the age group between 30 to 45”.
The ChatGPT will return the structure of the page from navigation to customer support including where we have to place the Click to Action button, how many sections are needed in the website like navigation, dashboard, different product pages, and how things will be displayed in each section.
All this can be obtained through ChatGPT.
Knowing Trends in the UI/UX industry
ChatGPT will also help in listing the trends of the UI/UX industry.
It also helps in various other ways like doing research, checking the color palette of the website, deciding the best options like which will be a great mode for E-commerce apps: Dark or Light, which type of user testing will be suitable for particular domains, trending tools that every UI/UX designer must learn, etc.
Like this for any command, ChatGPT replies with the best answer that can be used or considered in the application.
Is it okay to use AI-generated ideas directly in the mainstream?
No, it will not be a good idea to implement whatever AI returns. Because it is not equally effective and empathetic as a human being. AI is not good at considering all the aspects of the project or exploring the hidden sections of any task. Also, it is not good for difficult strategy devising.
Considering these weaknesses of AI, it is better to always use ChatGPT answers as a reference, and it needs to be re-imagined by considering other major components of the task. so that the final implementation will be good and efficient.
Prompting skills to adopt the new-age AI
There is always a hot debate going around AI that it is going to replace future jobs, Contrary to this statement AI will not reduce the workforce but will demand more workforce who has AI skills.
So to adapt to the new age AI world, it is important for every professional to have prompting skills to make the most out of AI.
Final Thoughts
This is how UI/UX designers can use ChatGPT to figure out the solutions for their problems and answers to their confusion. Since ChatGPT has spread over all professional communities, its influence cannot be reduced or removed at any time.
So it is a must for every designer to become a master in prompting and using AI for automated, reliable, and better outcomes.