How to use ChatGPT in your design work
A powerful list of new ChatGPT prompts that will greatly enhance your day-day work designing products
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The biggest release since the 2007 iPhone.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is all over the place, with people using it for all sorts of stuff ranging from cheating on their assignments to building products. Recently, I started using ChatGPT to get rid of my blank canvas syndrome and ideate faster. You can use it for writing, researching, getting inspired, and analyzing.
JUST IN: 24 hours ago, they just launched GPT-4 Turbo and their own “App Store.” The universe is caving in with this new technology, and I’m all for it.
AI-assisted design is poised to change design forever. But most people are stuck on the beginner level. ChatGPT just announced yesterday that it has acquired over 2 million developers and 100 million weekly active users in only 12 months.
The main idea here is to use ChatGPT as an assistant, not a replacement for design work — design is more than 10x powerful with AI. Let me show you 7 of my favorite ways to boost my design with ChatGPT:
1. Rapid Prototyping of Conversational UI
(OpenAI launched GPTs “it’s like their apps,” so conversational UI will be powerful)
ChatGPT can be a game-changer for designing conversational interfaces. By feeding it sample dialogues or user prompts, designers can quickly generate a wide range of responses and conversational flows.
This allows for the rapid prototyping of chatbots and virtual assistants, significantly reducing the time needed to create complex conversational scripts.
🤖 Sample prompt: Create a conversational flow for a chatbot on ADPList that helps users find a mentor specialized in UX design. The user should start by expressing interest in improving their UX skills and end with booking a session
2. Generate User Persona (supafast)
(This gives you a very high-quality start of what your persona should look)
Building user personas can be a time-consuming process that requires a lot of creativity and insight. ChatGPT can assist designers by generating detailed personas based on demographic data and behavioral characteristics input by the designer. These AI-generated personas can serve as a starting point for developing more nuanced user profiles.
🤖 Sample prompt: Generate a user persona for ADPList who is a mid-level product designer looking to transition into a leadership role. Include their demographic information, career goals, and the challenges they face in finding the right mentorship.
3. Generating and Iterating on Design Ideas
(Helps you get out of a creative rut and block, highly recommended)
Stuck in a creative rut? ChatGPT can help by generating ideas for design features or product improvements. By inputting current product details and design goals, designers can use ChatGPT to brainstorm and expand their ideation process, potentially uncovering novel approaches and solutions.