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Our interfaces have lost their senses


lost their senses Think about how you experience the world— you touch, you hear, you move. But our digital world has been getting flatter, more muted.

With increasing amounts of AI chatbots, we're losing even more: texture, color, shape.Instead of interactive controls, we have a text input.Want to edit an image? With increasing amounts of AI chatbots, we're losing even more: texture, color, shape.Instead of interactive controls, we have a text input.Want to edit an image? Drawing isn't just moving your hand—it's the feel of the pencil against paper, the tiny adjustments of pressure, the sound of graphite scratching.

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