Manifesto

Artificial intelligence has never been so intelligent -- or so artificial.

For the first time, we can speak to machines in natural language. They remember context, act on our behalf, and improvise in ways that once felt like science fiction. And yet, we keep stuffing this fluid intelligence into awkward sparkle buttons and bolted-on chat panels. We’re forcing something dynamic into something rigid. And you feel the friction every time.

You’ll hear excuses: Don't fix what isn't broken. Build a bridge to the future. Give users time to adapt. But the deeper problem is that we’re trapped in the Desktop Metaphor. We still see computers through the lens of files, folders, and trash cans, vestigial artifacts of the 1980s office. We still treat people as users who operate tools, not as humans who cooperate with teammates.

That has to change.

If the past era belonged to skeuomorphism (mimicking the physics of objects), the next era belongs to humorphism (mimicking the dynamics of people). This shift demands a radical rethinking of our design systems. We must translate the collaboration patterns humans have refined for millennia -- how to negotiate, interrupt, or escalate -- into native digital experiences. In short, we must dismantle the user interface and build the human interface.

We can’t do this alone. We're gathering designers, thinkers, and builders who are ready to stop decorating chat boxes and start redesigning how people actually work with AI teammates. If you want to help define the next era, join us.