Also called: AI Product Designer, AI Experience Designer
Designs how people use AI features: chat assistants, smart suggestions, and agents that act on a user's behalf.
An AI interaction designer maps out what an assistant should say when it is unsure, designs how users correct mistakes, and tests prototypes with real people. They work closely with researchers and engineers who tune the AI model.
Approximate; a new specialty mostly at tech companies.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in design, HCI, or cognitive science, plus product design experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Interaction Design.
Growing much faster than average. One of the fastest-growing design specialties as AI features spread.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI is the material, not the threat; demand grows, but the tools and the job itself will keep changing every year.
Classes: AP Computer Science Principles, AP Psychology, Philosophy or ethics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1255.
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